Service difficulty report · Guard · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
May 25, 2005
Submitted
May 31, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N715QS
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507105
Aircraft time
4,313 hours, 3,381 cycles
Part
Guard
Condition
Loose
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON TAKEOFF FLAPS (20) WOULD NOT RETRACT TO ZERO. FLAP HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE FROM DETENT. UPON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN, FLAPS THEN RETRACTED NORMALLY. OPERATED FLAPS NUMEROUS CYCLES AND FOUND NO FAILURE, HOWEVER, FOUND THE FLAP HANDLE SIDE GUARDS LOOSE. REMOVED FLAP HANDLE AND TIGHTENEND SIDE GUARDS, REINSTALLED FLAP HANDLE ASSY FLAPS. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW THE MODEL 650 MM 27-54-01.

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