# SDR 98ZZZX3748

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 26, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N9152N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9152N), registered now
- Make and model: Mooney M20J
- Registry model: [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 243408
- System (JASC): [5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5753)
- Part: Skin
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Flap
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX3748

## Discrepancy

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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