Service difficulty report · Limit Switch · Beech A100

Difficulty date
March 20, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
13,257 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Limit Switch
Condition
Frozen
Location
Te Flap Sys
Stage of operation
AP
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) ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE FLAP HANDLE WAS SELECTED TO APPROACH THE FLAPS DID NOT MOVE. THE CREW CONDUCTED A FLAPLESS LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE UP LIMIT SWITCH WAS FULL OF WATER A FROZEN, FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN WASHED PRIOR TO DISPATCH. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE SWITCHES WITH CONTACT CLEANER AND GROUND FUNCTION CHECKED THE FLAP SYS SERVICEABLE.

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