Service difficulty report · Selector Switch · Mooney M20F

Difficulty date
August 28, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Mooney M20F
Aircraft time
3,016 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360A1A
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR1
Part
Selector Switch
Part number
2TL7510
Condition
Broken
Location
Flap System
Part time
3,016 hours
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) FLAPS T/O, FULL FLAP AND FLAPS UP SELECTED ON RUN UP. FLAPS STOPPED AT T/O POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN SELECTED UP OR DOWN. FOUND THE FLAP SELECTOR SWITCH BROKEN AT THE PIVOT POINT OF THE SWITCH. NO REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS SWITCH SINCE ACFT WAS NEW. ACFT HAS 3016.0 HOURS SINCE NEW.

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