SDR 97ZZZX4887

Service difficulty report · Pulley · Cessna 401

Difficulty date
October 10, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N31DB
Make and model
Cessna 401
Aircraft serial
4010202
Part
Pulley
Condition
Failed
Location
Flap
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

ON 100-HOUR INPSPECTION, FOUND FLAP PULLEY ON ACTUATOR CABLE (RETURN CABLE) UNDER AND AFT OF BATTERY BOX FAILED. CENTER BEARING HAD FROZEN DUE TO BATTERY ACID LEAKING FROM BROKEN DRAIN LINE. WHEN BEARING FROZE, IT BROKE LOOSE FROM PULLEY AND PULLEY WAS ROTATING ON OUTER BEARING RACK. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS CLOSE INSPECTION OF THIS AREA DURING INSPECTIONS.

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