Service difficulty report · Flap System · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
September 5, 2005
Submitted
September 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK2
Aircraft time
8,458 hours, 7,556 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

KPVD - KCLT TRIP ID 893929 DURING CLIMBOUT WHILE PASSING FL 260 AT A SPEED OF 250 KTS THE FLAP ASYMMETRY LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FLAPS WERE SET AT ZERO DEGREES, AND INDICATING ZERO DEGREES. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KBDL. A ZERO FLAPS LANDING WAS MADE IN KBDL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RERIGGED THE RIGHT FLAP FOLLOW UP SWITCH. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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