Service difficulty report · Motor · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
February 14, 2014
Submitted
February 18, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N393JW
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB292
Aircraft time
13,000 hours, 13,314 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
100384040
Part serial
8213
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED ON APPROACH INTO ANC. THE FLAP INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW THEN MOVING ALL THE WAY TO APPROACH. A MEDIC THEN INFORMED US THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN THE BACK. WE COULD CLEARLY SEE SMOKE IN THE BACK & COULD BY THAT TIME SMELL IT. ON SHORT FINAL & DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FLAPS WHERE THEY WERE, AFTER LANDING WE TURNED OFF ALL UNNECESSARY ELEC EQUIPMENT & NOTED THAT THE SMOKE SEEMED TO BE DISSIPATING. AFTER SHUTDOWN WE NOTICED THAT THE FLAPS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ALL THE WAY IN THE APPROACH POSITION & THE FLAP MOTOR CB WAS POPPED OUT. MX FOUND THE FLAP MOTOR FAILED & SEIZED. REPLACED FLAP MOTOR PN 100-384040 & ROTARY ACTUATOR PN 100-524073-1. FLAP OPERATION & RIGGING WERE CHECKED IAW MM. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.