Service difficulty report · Worm Drive · Emb EMB110P1

Difficulty date
November 1, 2007
Submitted
May 2, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb EMB110P1
Aircraft time
44,249 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A34
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Worm Drive
Part number
B5195
Condition
Stripped
Location
Flap Actuator
Part time
2,202 cycles
Component
Actuator · Emb · D22466
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER LANDING, THE WING FLAPS OF AN AC COULD NOT BE RETRACTED. THE ASYMMETRY WARNING SYSTEM HAD BEEN TRIPPED. THE LT AND RT FLAP ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNITS AND THE AC WAS DISPATCHED. UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE ACTUATOR AT THE OVERHAUL SHOP THE BRASS WORM WHEEL THAT DRIVES THE SCREW JACK WAS FOUND STRIPPED. AWD 82-07-04R3 PART 2 HAD BEEN COMPLETED FEBRUARY 19, 2007. THE PART HAD ONLY 2202 CYCLES AND 1871.8 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE AWD. (TC NR 20080213009)

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