Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
July 12, 2008
Submitted
August 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N701BR
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7448
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Part
Control Unit
Part number
860D10018
Part serial
818
Condition
Faulty
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
14,851 hours, 12,358 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 5994, RDU TO IAH. UPON FLAP RETRACTION FROM FLAPS 8 TO ZERO AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RDU, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A FLAPS FAIL MESSAGE ON EICAS. THE MESSAGE WAS CONFIRMED AND THE FLAPS WERE FAILED AT 3 DEGREES ON THE LEFT FLAP AND ZERO DEGREES ON THE RIGHT FLAP. THE QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED BACK AT RDU WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INTERROGATED THE FECU AND FOUND THE FAULT CODES FROM THAT FLIGHT POINTED TO THE FECU ITSELF AS BEING THE CAUSE OF THE FAULT. THE FECU WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SKEW DETECTION UNIT AND THE NR 4 SKEW DETECTOR. (A)