Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
July 12, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
30,151 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, THE CREW COULD NOT GET THE FLAPS TO RETRACT. THE CREW RETURNED TO ORIGIN & CONTACTED MX. THE FLAPS WERE RESET TO ZERO & THE ACFT WAS RELEASED UNDER THE MEL PROTOCOL & THE ACFT CONTINUED ITS RUN. ONCE THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY MX IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WIRE C43A22 AT THE SPLIT FLAP SWITCH WAS CHAFED & THE TERMINALS ON THE SWITCH WERE CORRODED. WIRE WAS REPAIRED & THE SWITCH CLEANED & INSPECTED IAW WDM 27-51-01. A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION CHECK WAS CARRIED OUT IAW OEM INSTRUCTIONS. THE SUBJECT MEL WAS CLEARED & THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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