SDR ASOA05261

Service difficulty report · Bpsu · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
March 23, 2005
Submitted
May 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N835AS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7258
Part
Bpsu
Part number
855D1009
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
T/E Flap
Part time
4,205 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FLT 4381 - DURING CRUISE FROM FWA-ATL, AT APPROXIMATELY 28,000 FEET, THE CREW BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND THEN SEVERAL MORE TIMES DURING DESCENT FOR APPROACH INTO ATL. UPON APPROACH, THE CREW SELECTED THE FLAPS TO EIGHT DEGREES AND THEN TO TWENTY DEGREES WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY AN AMBER FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE ON EICAS WITH AN INDICATION OF ZERO DEGREES FLAPS. THE QRH WAS COMPLIED WITH AND AN EMERGENCY WAS ALSO DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN ATL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH NO EVIDENCE FOUND. MAINTENANCE ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT BRAKE POSITION SENSOR UNIT (BPSU). OPS AND RIG CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT OK FOR SERVICE. (M)