Service difficulty report · Flap System · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
November 7, 2010
Submitted
November 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
116
Aircraft time
4,097 hours, 2,615 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306A
Part
Flap System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON PREFLIGHT, FLAPS VISUALLY APPEARED TO MOVE FREELY BUT FLAP INDICATOR HESITATED AT 12 & 20 DEGREE POSITIONS. AT 12000', STRAIGHT & LEVEL, SLATS, KRUEGERS & FLAPS ALL WORKED PROPERLY. AT 12000', LEVEL BUT TURNING, SELECTED FLAPS 12 & GOT "SLAT/FLAP MX" EICAS & NO MOVEMENT OF SLATS, KRUEGERS, OR FLAPS. RECYCLED HANDLE, & AGAIN NO MOVEMENT. ALSO TRIED SLAT BYPASS SWITCH, SAME EICAS MESSAGE BUT NO SLATS. CHECKED INTEGRITY OF WIRES ON FLAP/SLAT HANDLE. REPLACED CIRCUIT BOARDS 645 AND 82P. R & R LT AND RT NR 3 SLAT ACTUATORS IAW CMP 275227 AND CMP 275228. COMPLIED WITH FLAP/SLAT CONTROL DRIVE FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW CMP 275101 WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.