Service difficulty report · Flap · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
December 15, 1999
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Part
Flap
Condition
Frozen
Location
Wings
Part time
702 hours, 573 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
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) THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF IN RAIN AT +1 DEGREES CELSIUS. ON APPROACH THE CREW SELECTED FLAPS, NO FLAP MOVEMENT WAS NOTED AND THE FLAP CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW CARRIED OUT A FLAPLESS LANDING. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE FLAPS WERE FROZEN TO THE LOWER WING SKIN.