Service difficulty report · Spring · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 13, 2008
Submitted
December 2, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9624T
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53594
Aircraft time
30,320 hours
Part
Spring
Part number
4956160
Condition
Broken
Location
Flap Control
Component
Flap Control
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW - FLAP/SLAT HANDLE WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE UP/RETRACT POSITION. TRIGGER ON LEFT SIDE OF HANDLE WILL NOT GO DOWN. RETURNED TO DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED BROKEN SPRING ON LEFT SIDE OF FLAP HANDLE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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