Service difficulty report · Structure · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
June 13, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft time
7,953 hours
Engine
Lyc O320E2D
Propeller
Mcauly 1C160DTM
Part
Structure
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
Stage of operation
NR
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) C XXXX FLAP RETRACTION INCIDENT REPORT 14 JUNE 2019 OCCURRENCE DATE: 12 JUNE 2019 CALLED TO EXAMINE AIRCRAFT AS PARKED ON TAXIWAY IN FRONT OF HANGAR FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT WHERE THE FLAPS FAILED TO RETRACT IN THE GO-AROUND DURING CIRCUITS. FOUND RIGHT HAND FLAP SEVERELY DAMAGED IN A PARTIALLY RETRACTED POSITION, APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES EXTENSION. OUTBOARD END OF RIGHT HAND FLAP WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE INBOARD END OF THE RIGHT HAND AILERON LIMITING TRAVEL OF THE AILERON. VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD END OF THE AILERON WHERE IT WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE FLAP. RIGHT HAND FLAP WAS TIGHTLY JAMMED IN THE TRACKS. AFTER PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS, CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND TRIPPED. CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET AND FLAP RUN DOWN TO EXTEND. FLAP WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR (DESTROYED). (TC# 20190618012)

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