Service difficulty report · Flap System · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 22, 2015
Submitted
October 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336AG
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B436
Aircraft time
32,791 hours, 36,914 cycles
Engine
Ge CT7TP*
Part
Flap System
Condition
Out Of Rig
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT 108: AT T/O NOSE TRYING TO LIFT OFF WELL BEFORE ROTATION SPEED. THEN NOTICED TRIM WAS .5 TO .7500 NOSE DOWN ON THE TRIM INDICATOR IN LEVEL FLIGHT, TO HOLD A NORMAL APPROACH/LANDING CONFIGURATION, TRIM INDICATED .7500 TO 1 UNIT NOSE DOWN BELOW GREEN ARC, FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS NORMAL, JUST TRIM ABORMALLY NOSE DOWN INDICATIONS. FLAPS APPEAR SLIGHTLY DEPLOYED IN THE UP POSITION. INSPECTED & FOUND LT & RT FLAPS TO NEED MECHANICAL RIGGING. PERFORMED MECHANICAL RIGGING OF THE FLAPS IAW AMM 27-51-00-05 PROCEDURE D, OPS CHECK GOOD. FLAP RIGGING COMPLETED. ACFT REQUIRES ELEVATOR TRIM LT. CHECKED ELEVATOR TRIM RIGGING AND LT ELEVATOR TRIM NEED ADJUSMENT. RE-RIGGED LT ELEVATOR TRIM IAW AMM 27-32-00-02 AND 27-32-00-05. FLAP AND ELEVATOR TRIM SYSTEM, OPS CHECKED NORMAL IAW AMM 27-51-00 AND 27-32-00.

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