Service difficulty report · Gear · Cessna 401B

Difficulty date
November 16, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 401B
Aircraft time
5,991 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520EB
Part
Gear
Part number
51152373
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap Gearbox
Part time
6,163 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) - IN FLIGHT, FLAPS SELECTED, FLAPS DID NOT RESPOND. ON GROUND CHECKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS & TESTED. FOUND THAT THE FLAPS EXTENDED, BUT WOULD NOT RETRACT FULLY. ISOLATED PROBLEM TO STRIPPED REDUCTION GEAR BOX AS FLAPS COULD BE HELD IN POSITION BY HAND AND MOTOR WOULD RUN MOVING CAM TO LIMIT SWITCHES AND FLAPS WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS LET GO (FREE RUN) WITH TENSION ON FLAPS AS IN FLIGHT, INPUTED SELECTION WOULD ONLY ROTATE CAM UNTIL CONTACT WITH WITH MICRO / UNIT SWITCHES MADE. REMOVED GEAR BOX OPENED UP AND FOUND CRACKED GEAR.

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