Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
March 17, 2012
Submitted
March 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904HD
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
0149
Aircraft time
4,128 hours, 2,796 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Control Handle
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND PAST 20 DEGREES. AFTER LANDING, FLAPS STILL FAILED TO RETRACT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED HYD FLUID LEAKING FROM FLAP POWER UNIT. FLAP POWER UNIT REPLACED. FUNCTIONAL CHECKED SATISFACTORY. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NEXT FLIGHT. REPLACED FLAP CONTROL UNIT. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NEXT FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING IDENTIFIED A BROKEN WIRE ON S23 ARMING SWITCH THAT ENERGIZES THE FLAP TIME DELAY RELAY, MOUNTED ON THE FLAP CONTROL HANDLE ASSY. WIRE SOLDERED TO THE S23 ARMING SWITCH MOVED WITH MOVEMENT OF FLAP SELECTION HANDLE AND CAUSED WIRE TO BREAK. WIRING REPAIRED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.