SDR 98ZZZX3748

Service difficulty report · Skin · Mooney M20J

Difficulty date
August 26, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9152N
Make and model
Mooney M20J
Aircraft serial
243408
Part
Skin
Condition
Loose
Location
Flap
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, FLAPS WERE MOVED FROM FULL DOWN TO APPROACH THEN TO FULL UP AT WHICH TIME A SPLIT FLAP CONDITION OCCURRED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED A SKIN SEAM WAS HANGING DOWN AND CATCHING ON THE FLAP SKIN PREVENTING IT FROM GOING FULL UP.

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