What was found
BOTH SPEED BRAKES HAVE BEEN OUT OF AIRCRAFT FOR FAILURE TO RETRACT. LEFT UNIT AT ABOUT 300 HOURS AND RIGHT UNIT AT 401.0 HOURS. HAVE HAD 2 AIRCRAFT IN 30 DAYS WITH THE SAME RETRACT TROUBLE.
- Difficulty date
- August 17, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N9151X
- Make and model
- Mooney M20M
- Aircraft serial
- 270149
- System (JASC)
- 5755 · Spoilers
- Part
- Speed Brake
- Part number
- 01577
- Condition
- Fail To Reetract
- Location
- Wing
- Part time
- 401 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.