SDR 97ZZZX1310

Service difficulty report · Breaker · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date: March 19, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N23TL
Make and model: Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial: 318152172
System (JASC): 2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System
Part: Breaker
Part number: 454657
Condition: Failed
Location: Flap
Part time: 3,295 hours
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

DURING OUTGOING RUN-UP AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH COWL FLAPS INOPERABLE. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND 10-AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER, P/N 454-657, FAILED TO OPEN. REPLACED BREAKER WITH NEW AND OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD. CUT OPEN OLD BREAKER AND FOUND CORROSION ON CONTACTS AND ALL INTERNAL PARTS.

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