Service difficulty report · Valve · Aerosp ATR72202

Difficulty date
April 4, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72202
Aircraft time
30,145 hours
Engine
Pwa PW124B
Part
Valve
Part number
BHC10001
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING APPROACH TO RWY, FLAP 30 WAS SELECTED AND INDICATING. THE FLAP INDICATOR POSITION NEEDLE APPEARED TO RETRACT SLIGHTLY, APPROXIMATELY 1 DEGREE, FOLLOWED BY THE "EXTEND" FLAG, INDICATOR NEEDLE MOVED BACK TO 30 AND EXTEND FLAG WENT OUT. THIS CYCLE REPEATED NUMEROUS TIMES ALL THE WAY TO TOUCHDOWN. THERE WAS NO FLAPS UNLOCK WARNING, FLAP VALVE BLOCK REPLACED.

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