Service difficulty report · Bearing · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 10, 2013
Submitted
March 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N295UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48475
Part
Bearing
Condition
Seized
Location
Inbd Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED, FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND TO 35 DEGREES ON APPROACH. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. FOUND INBD FLAP DOWNSTOP LINK UPPER BEARING FROZEN. REMOVED FLAP DOWNSTOP LINK ASSY ROUTED TO SM FOR RIV. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE FLAP DOWNSTOP LINK ASSY. SET STOP BOLT OT SAME DIMENSIONS AS REMOVED LINK. ACCOMPLISHED FLAP DOWNSTOP CHECK. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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