Service difficulty report · Controller · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
December 26, 2018
Submitted
December 31, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500084
Aircraft time
15,962 hours, 9,170 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
67183281
Part serial
288
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
1,306 hours, 614 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL470, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN AMBER FLAPS FAIL CAS MESSAGE. FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST, THE CREW ATTEMPTED A FLAP RESET, BUT, THE CAS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY RE-POSTED. DUE TO RUNWAY LENGTH AT DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT INTO GSO. TECHNICIANS INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND DETERMINED THE SOFT START RELAY (P/N 6236405-34 AND THE FLAP POWER DRIVE UNIT (P/N MP50G4) WERE FAULTY. THE COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE. DURING THE MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A REPEAT FLAP FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE FIELD FOR MAINTENANCE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE FLAP CONTROLLER WAS FAULTY (P/N 6718328-1) AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. CURRENTLY, NO FURTHER ISSUES HAVE BEEN NOTED.

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