SDR 96ZZZX482

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Cessna A185F

Difficulty date
January 9, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N105NR
Make and model
Cessna A185F
Aircraft serial
18503956
Part
Bracket
Part number
0512129
Condition
Broken
Location
Fs 65.33 Rt Flap
Part time
6,106 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

CESSNA 185 WITH ROBERTSON STOL KIT INSTALLED WAS AIRBORNE WHEN PILOT APPLIED FLAPS AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT. A PASSENGER REPORTED HEARING A SOUND COMING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT PUT FLAPS BACK UP AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. A MECHANIC INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THE PULLEY BRACKET FOR THE RIGHT FLAP HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF, ALSO, THE PULLEY BRACKET FOR THE LEFT FLAP WAS STARTING TO CRACK. THE LOCATION OF THE PULLEY BRACKETS IS IN THE BELLY UNDER THE MIDDLE PASSENGER SEAT MOUNTED IN CENTER OF THE FUSELAGE BULKHEAD STATION 65.33.

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