Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 8, 2007
Submitted
November 9, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N262SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145168
Aircraft time
21,154 hours, 16,448 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
11,057 hours, 9,709 cycles
Part
Drive Unit
Part number
3632001003
Part serial
00323
Condition
Faulty
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
19,094 hours, 15,125 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

RDU TO CLE - ON APPROACH TO CLE FLAPS WERE SELECTED FROM 0 TO 9 DEGREES AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, A FLAP LOW SPEED MESSAGE APPEARED FOLLOWED BY FLAP FAIL. THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR SHOWED FLAPS AT ZERO DEGREES. THE QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INTERROGATED THE CMC FOR FAULT CODES AND FOUND A MESSAGE FOR FLAP JAMMING. DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING THE RIGHT FLAP VELOCITY SENSOR, RIGHT FLAP MOTOR BRAKE, AND THE RIGHT FLAP MOTOR WERE ALL REPLACED WITH NO FIX. THE SYSTEM WAS FINALLY TROUBLESHOT DOWN TO A FAULTY FLAP POWER DRIVE UNIT. THE FLAP POWER DRIVE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE FLAPS WERE RIGGED TO THE ZERO POSITION. FLAP OPERATIONAL CHECKS ON THE GROUND AND DURING THE TEST FLIGHT WERE ALL GOOD, WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS FOUND.

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