Service difficulty report · Roller · Gulstm GULFSTREAMGV

Difficulty date
November 3, 2004
Submitted
November 6, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N524AC
Make and model
Gulstm GULFSTREAMGV
Aircraft serial
686
Aircraft time
1,094 hours, 397 cycles
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A110
Part
Roller
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO RAISE THE FLAPS FROM THE 39 DEGREE POSITION AND HAD ASSOCIATED CAS MESSAGES CONCERNING THE FLAP SYSTEM. VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED THE FLAPS TO BE OVER-EXTENDED WHICH CAUSED EACH OB ROLLER TO BE OUT BEYOND THE FLAP TRACK. THE FLAP SHIFTED SLIGHTLY AND THE ROLLERS JAMMED BEHIND THE TRACK. BESIDES SOME ROLLERS EXHIBITING SOME WEAR, NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE FLAPS WERE FULLY RIGGED IAW THE MM AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. NOTE: THE FLAP SYSTEM WAS PREVIOUSLY RIGGED A FEW WEEKS PRIOR FOR A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FLAPS APPEARED NOT TO FULLY STOW.