Service difficulty report · Shaft · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
October 30, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
11,418 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Shaft
Part number
1013800006
Condition
Sheared
Location
Te Flap System
Stage of operation
CL
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) ON CLIMBOUT, CREW SELECTED FLAPS UP AND NOTICED THAT THEY DID NOT RETRACT, FLIGHT SERVICES WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE SYS AND FOUND THAT THE SPLIT FLAP SYS HAD ACTIVATED. SPLIT FLAP BY PASS SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED AND RT OTBD FLAP DID NOT MOVE. FLAP DRIVE CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED TO ACTUATOR AND IT WAS INSPECTED FOR PROPER OPERATION, NO FAULT WAS FOUND. FLAP DRIVE CABLE WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT AND INNER DRIVE CABLE WAS FOUND TO BE SHEARED. IT WAS NOTED THAT WHERE THE CABLE WAS DAMAGED WAS VERY DRY, THE REST WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. POSSIBLE DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CABLE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY, THE SUPPORT CLAMP AT THAT BS WAS NOT SECURED AROUND THE CABLE SO THE CABLE HAD A LOW POINT. NEW CABLE WAS INSTALLED.

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