SDR 2020F00491

Service difficulty report · Position Sensor · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
December 15, 2020
Submitted
December 21, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N47LM
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0222
Aircraft time
2,681 hours, 1,834 cycles
Part
Position Sensor
Part number
S20884
Condition
Abnormal
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AS SOON AS TAKEOFF POWER WAS SET WE OBSERVED AN AMBER ANNUNCIATOR INDICATING THE FLAPS WERE GREATER THAN 35 DEGREES PROMPTING AN IMMEDIATE REJECTION OF THE TAKEOFF. AS SOON AS THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARED. WITH THE MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED I PERFORMED ANOTHER POWER RUN TO DETERMINE IF THE MESSAGE WAS PERSISTING OR IF IT WAS AN INDICATION ISSUE. WE ALSO VERIFIED THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR, WHICH DID INDICATE THE FLAPS WERE IN THE GROUND POSITION. WE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDED TO A RUN UP AREA IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE FLAPS. A QUICK WALK AROUND INDICATED THAT THE FLAPS WERE IN FACT IN THE GROUND POSITION. A COCKPIT INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE FLAP CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED OUT.

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