Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
June 20, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Part
Actuator
Part number
C3010020104
Condition
Motor Shorted
Location
Flap
Component
99105861
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN)MULTIPLE CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPINGS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS PROMPTED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FLAP MOTOR THREE TIMES. THE THREE MOTORS WERE SERVICEABLE AS RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER, HOWEVER THE SUBMITTER STATES THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE IMPROPER SOLDER JOINTS OF THE WIRES ON THE BRUSH HOLDER BOARD. THE WIRES HAD COME LOOSE AND MOVED TO SHORT AGAINST THE BOLT WHICH SECURE THE END CAP TO THE HOUSING. THE MOTOR WILL OPERATE IN ONE DIRECTION BUT WILL POP THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHEN MOVED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

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