Service difficulty report · Drive Cable · Textrn 408

Difficulty date
June 12, 2026
Submitted
June 16, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N418RE
Make and model
Textrn 408
Aircraft serial
4080029
Aircraft time
985 hours, 1,062 cycles
Part
Drive Cable
Part number
991434478
Part serial
83
Condition
Deformed
Location
Zone 500
Part time
985 hours, 1,062 cycles
Component
Flap · Textron
Component part number
78251002
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLAP FAIL CASS MESSAGE INDICATED WHEN FLAP DEPLOYED FROM FULL UP. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LT FLAP HAD A SLIGHT TWIST. THE OTBD ACTUATOR HAD NOT ENGAGED TO DRIVE THE FLAP AND THE INBD ACTUATOR DROVE THE INBOARD SIDE DOWN ABOUT 3 DEGREES BEFORE THE SYSTEM DETECTED AN ASYMMETRY AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. AFTER THE FLAP WAS UNLOADED/UNTWISTED DURING MX INVESTIGATION THE FLAP APPEARS TO HAVE A SLIGHT DOWN TURN ON THE INBD TRAILING EDGE. THE CURRENT SUSPECTED CAUSE IS THE FLEXIBLE DRIVE SHAFT BETWEEN THE ACTUATORS MIGRATED INBD AND BECAME DISENGAGED WITH THE OTBD ACTUATOR.