Service difficulty report · Limit Switch · Beech B200

Difficulty date
August 16, 2018
Submitted
August 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N200FR
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1420
Aircraft time
9,242 hours, 8,434 cycles
Part
Limit Switch
Part number
MS252531
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Wing Te Flaps
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT LANDED & FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. TAXIED TO FBO. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED IN PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE. WITH AIRCRAFT STILL ON GROUND, AN ODOR WAS NOTICED BY CREW. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FBO. SOME SIGNS OF SMOKE WERE VISIBLE BUT NO FURTHER ISSUE. IDETERMINED THAT POWER WAS STILL APPLIED TO THE FLAP MOTOR WITH FLAPS FULLY RETRACTED. PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE FLAP UP LIMIT SWITCH. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND INSPECTION, SWITCH & FLAP MOTOR WERE REPLACED. OPS CHECKED OK.

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