Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
November 8, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
5,726 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3M
Part
Actuator
Part number
99105864RX
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM MAIN BASE, THE ACFT SUFFERED A FLAP SYS MALFUNCTION. THE FLAP SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED ON FLAP RETRACTION FROM 20 DEGREES TO 10 DEGREES. THE PILOT FOLLOWED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES BUT THE FLAP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED A SECOND TIME. THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY WITH 10 DEGREES OF FLAP. AFTER THE ACFT WAS TOWED INTO THE HANGAR AND INSPECTED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PRIMARY MOTOR WAS BINDING WITH THE FLAP TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE SYS TO OVERLOAD AND POP THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE STANDBY SYS WORKED FINE. THE FLAP ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE FLAP SYS WAS FUNCTION CHECKED SERVICEABLE.

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