Service difficulty report · Relay · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
May 8, 2001
Submitted
July 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
2,469 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Relay
Part number
9742001212
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap Drive
Part time
549 hours, 476 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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) FLAP WERE SET TO 30 DEGREES FOR APPROACH. UPON LANDING AND ROLL OUT TO THE TAXIWAY, THE FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO ZERO DEGREES. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE "FLAP" CAUTION LIGHT ON THE CAWS PANEL ILLUMINATED. FURTHER SELECTIONS OF THE FLAPS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. IT WAS NOTED DURING THE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING THIS SNAG, THAT THE RELAY IN QUESTION WOULD FAIL INTTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THIS FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE AME WOULD TAP THE RELAY, AND THE FLAPS COULD THEN BE RESET AND MOVED THROUGHOUT THEIR NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION. A NEW STYLE OF RELAY WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLAPS WERE CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS.