Service difficulty report · Potentiometer · Piper PA31T2

Difficulty date
December 8, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31T2
Engine
Pwa
Part
Potentiometer
Part number
74243002
Condition
Defective
Location
Flap Ind
Part time
4,397 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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)FLAP SYSTEM GIVING FALSE INDICATION ON PANEL. RIGGING PERFORMED AND ELECTRICAL ADJUSTED. DURING FLIGHT IN COLD CONDITIONS -20 DEGREES C OAT, THE SAME LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LEFT AND RIGHT HAND POTENTIOMETERS TESTED AND THE LEFT HAND POTENTIOMETERS WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE. PARTS REPLACED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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