SDR 95ZZZX3578

Service difficulty report · Gear · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
June 23, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N80AW
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500186
Part
Gear
Part number
08615584
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Flap Gearbox
Part time
6,801 hours
Component
556517531
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
O, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING FINAL APPROACH, FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO FULL DOWN FROM APPROACH POSITION. PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND AIRCRAFT 'SETTLED'. A GO-AROUND WAS PERFORMED. PILOT NOTICED THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR SHOWED FLAPS UP WITH SELECTOR IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. A NO-FLAP LANDING WAS PERFORMED. DURING TAXI, PILOT NOTED FLAP INDICATOR MOVING TOWARD FULL DOWN POSITION. FLAPS WERE FULLY DOWN AT ENGINE SHUT-DOWN. FLAP GEARBOXES WERE REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED. FOUND THE SMALL GEAR TEETH SHEARED OFF OF BOTH TRANSFER GEARS. BOTH GEARBOXES WERE OVERHAULED AND REINSTALLED. PILOT ALSO NOTED FLAP MOTORS CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER GEARBOX FAILURE UNTIL CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS OPENED.

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