Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
February 6, 2005
Submitted
February 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N751RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49779
Aircraft time
39,406 hours, 26,930 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
39177785503
Part serial
TDR709
Condition
Damaged
Location
Flap
Part time
37,357 hours, 28,195 cycles
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

DURING TRANSIT OVERNIGHT SERVICE, IT WAS DETECTED THAT OCCASIONALLY THE FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT COMPLETELY AND, IF THEY WERE DOWN AND UP DID NOT STORE TOTALLY. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND THE TWO SPEED VALVES AND PTU WERE REPLACED, IAW MM 27-52-01. ACTUATORS AND FLAPS CONTROL VALVE WERE REPLACED CONTINUING FAILURE. FLAPS ADJUSTMENT AND TESTED WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 27-50-00, ALL CORRECT.

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