Service difficulty report · Flap System · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
December 9, 2020
Submitted
December 11, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N302AZ
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500130
Aircraft time
3,063 hours, 2,272 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Intermittent
Part time
3,063 hours, 2,272 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

ON APPROACH, FLAPS CAS MESSAGE INDICATED FLAP FAIL WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM FLAP POSITION 3 TO FLAP POSITION 4. PER THE QRM, FLAPS WERE RESET, AND THEN WORKED NORMALLY TO FLAP POSITION 4. NORMAL LANDING WAS THEN MADE. ISSUE WAS REPEATED ON GROUND ONCE, IN TEST, BUT THEN CLEARED. AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED FOR THE OFFENDING CAUSE. NO CAUSE YET KNOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IS GROUNDED AND AOG UNTIL CAUSE IS KNOWN, WITH A RESOLVING DISPOSITION ISSUED FROM THE MANUFACTURER (EMBRAER), AND REPAIRS MADE.

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