Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
August 6, 2004
Submitted
August 10, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N751RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49779
Aircraft time
37,893 hours, 25,878 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Control Valve
Part number
2587794
Part serial
89055360
Condition
Damaged
Location
Le Flaps
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR TO ATTEND FLAPS DIFFERENCE INDICATIONS AND FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY. FLAPS CONTROL VALVE AND INTERIOR FLAPS ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 27-50-01 AND 27-50-02, BUT FAIL CONTINUES. FLAPS CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND FAIL WAS CORRECTED. DUE TO TESTS PERFORMING AUXILIARY HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS OVERHEATED. IT WAS REPLACED IAW 29-10-06, ALL TESTS WERE CORRECT.

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