Service difficulty report · Flap System · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
May 14, 2026
Submitted
May 15, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N125CD
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0710
Aircraft time
174 hours, 134 cycles
Part
Flap System
Part number
99128391
Part serial
0011600156
Condition
Asymetric
Part time
174 hours, 134 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE INITIAL SQUAWK WAS FOR THE FLAP ACTUATORS NOT LOCKING IN THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. THE FLAPS WOULD DROOP DURING TAXI AND/OR WHILE PARKED. DURING THE SERVICE EVENT. THE TECHNICIANS REPORTED THE FLAP ACTUATORS WERE UNLOCKING AT DIFFERENT PRESSURES. THIS WOULD CAUSE A MOMENTARY ASYMMETRIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE FLAPS. TEXTRON ENGINEERING DIRECTED THE THE TECHNICIANS TO REPLACE BOTH FLAP ACTUATORS. AS A PRECAUTION, WE REQUESTED THE FLAP ACTUATORS FROM THE 525B BE INSTALLED RATHER THAN THE NEWER ACTUATORS FROM THE 525B+. ACCORDING TO THE TEXTRON IPC THESE ACTUATORS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE AS LONG AS BOTH LH AND RH ACTUATORS ARE THE SAME PART NUMBER. APPROXIMATELY 5 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED WITH NO SIGN OF THE ISSUE RETURNING.

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