Service difficulty report · Bracket · Cessna A185F

Difficulty date
January 15, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna A185F
Aircraft time
3,604 hours
Engine
Cont IO520D
Propeller
Mcauly D3A34C401
Part
Bracket
Part number
0512128
Condition
Broken
Location
Bs 65.33
Part time
3,815 hours
Component
Flap Control Sy · Cessna
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH TO LAND ON LAKE, FLAPS 10 SELECTED. A/C IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ROLL TO LT, RETURNED FLAPS TO ZERO, A/C RETURNED TO LVL FLT. TRIED TO DEPLOY FLAPS AGAIN (SLOWLY) AND OBSERVED RT FLAP DEPLOYED NORMALLY, LT FLAP DID NOT MOVE, A/C THEN RETURNED TO WHERE A FLAPLESS LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. ONCE ON GROUND PILOT SELECTED FLAPS 10 AND NOTED WHILE RT FLAP DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, LT FLAP SLOWLY FELL TO POSITION. ONCE IN HANGAR AND OPENED UP FOR INSPECT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FLAP PULLEY BRACKET (LT) AT STA 65.33 DETACHED/TORN FROM BULKHEAD ASSY THUS CAUSING PULLEY TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO AIRFRAME CAUSING FLAP TO MALFUNCTION. PILOT CONFIRMED FLAPS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY FOR T/O.

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