SDR 95ZZZX6433

Service difficulty report · Flap Motor · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
November 9, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1393U
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17267064
Part
Flap Motor
Condition
Bad Ground
Location
Flap Control
Part time
5,550 hours
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
F, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE CLEARING THE RUNWAY AFTER TRAINING FLIGHT, FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP. THE FLAPS FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMELLING 'SMOKE'. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BAD GROUND ON THE FLAP MOTOR AND THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND DAMAGED BY HEAT. WITH THE FULL LOAD OF LIGHTS, AVIONICS AND THE ADDITIONAL LOAD OF THE IMPROPERLY OPERATING FLAPS, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER GOT HOT ENOUGH TO DEFORM, BUT DID NOT 'POP'. REPAIRED FLAP WIRING AND REPLACED CIRCUIT BREAKER. SYSTEMS OPERATE NORMALLY.

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