Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Raythn 390

Difficulty date
August 2, 2011
Submitted
August 5, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
E81R759X
Chronos Aviation, LLC.
Aircraft
N622JK
Make and model
Raythn 390
Aircraft serial
RB59
Aircraft time
1,151 hours, 768 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3903814010013
Part serial
K0305
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INVESTIGATED REPORTED FLAP SYS FAILED TO OPERATE. FOUND THE FLAP CONTROL UNIT TO HAVE AN INTERNAL FAILURE, WOULD NOT RESET. REPLACED THE FLAP CONTROL UNIT WITH A SERVICEABLE FLAP CONTROL UNIT AND SYS OPERATIONS FOUND NORMAL. RECOMMEND AIRFRAME AND COMPONENT MFG TRACK FAILURE INTERVALS FOR VARIOUS P/N FCU'S USED AND DETERMINE A MODIFICATION LEVEL STANDARD FOR THE GREATEST RELIABILITY. RECOMMEND ISSUING A RECOMMENDED TYPE SB TO REPLACE FCU'S WITH MORE RELIABLE CONFIGURATION UNITS.