Service difficulty report · Pdu · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
November 26, 2025
Submitted
December 3, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N329MC
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500068
Aircraft time
4,871 hours, 3,945 cycles
Part
Pdu
Part number
4677001003
Part serial
0106
Condition
Failed
Location
Flap Sys
Part time
4,882 hours, 3,952 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO LAND AT KAPA PILOTS SELECTED FLAPS DOWN, AND FLAP SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND. PILOTS RECEIVED A CAS MASSAGE "FLAP FAIL". CREW FOLLOWED FOM AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN UNEVENTFUL NO FLAPS LANDING. AN EMBRAER AOG MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS DISPATCHED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE FLAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AND THEY DETERMINED THE FLAP PDU POWER DRIVE UNIT. THE PDU WAS REPLACED, FLAP SYSTEM RIGGED AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER REOCCURRENCES ON SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS TO DATE.

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