Service difficulty report · Spring · Braero BAE125800A

Difficulty date
June 23, 2005
Submitted
June 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801CW
Make and model
Braero BAE125800A
Aircraft serial
258012
Aircraft time
10,701 hours, 8,127 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Spring
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Te Flaps
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

ON APPROACH, FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO 15 DEGREES WHILE AC WAS SLOWED. NO FLAP EXTENSION WAS INDICATED. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO FAILURE OF FLAPS. AC WAS DIVERTED, WHILE ON APPROACH, FLAPS WERE SUCESSFULLY EXTENDED. AC, MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINT CHECKED FLUID LEVEL IN GEARBOXES, FLAP CONTROL UNIT. ALL LEVELS WERE FOUND TO BE FULL. SYS CABLE TENSION WAS CHECKED FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. LT AND RT SYNCHRONIZER, POSITION INDICATION TRANSMITTER, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. SPRING DRUM BEARINGS WERE CHECKED FOR LOOSENESS, OPS CHECKED NORMAL. BLUE WATER WAS FOUND IN SPRING DRUM AREA. AREA WAS CLEANED AND A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF FLAP CNTRL SYS WAS PERFORMED. SYS OPS WERE NORMAL. AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.