Service difficulty report · Flap Track · Cessna 182T

Difficulty date
September 14, 2016
Submitted
September 23, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N10100
Make and model
Cessna 182T
Aircraft serial
18281540
Aircraft time
3,374 hours
Part
Flap Track
Part number
07250011
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Wing Te Flaps
Part time
3,374 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

RIGHT FLAP OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK ASSEMBLY BROKEN. FLAPS WERE MOVED FROM 20 DEGREES TO FULL EXTENSION. MOMENTS UPON REACHING AND STOPPING AT FULL EXTENSION, A LOUD "BANG" WAS HEARD (APPROX 200FT AGL). PILOT LOOKED RIGHT AND SAW BROKEN PART PROTRUDING FROM WING. ALL CONTROLS AND HANDLING WERE NORMAL, A NORMAL FULL STOP LANDING WAS MADE. FLAPS HAVE NOT BEEN RETRACTED SINCE INCIDENT.

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