SDR JGBA20001

Service difficulty report · Connector · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
March 8, 2000
Submitted
April 13, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57HJ
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
0194
Part
Connector
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AT LOGAN AIRPORT, AS THE A/C WAS TAXIING OUT FOR T/O, THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO THE T/O POSITION. AFTER APPROX 1 INCH OF TRAVEL THE FLAPS STOPPED MOVING. THE CREW RETURNED TO THE FBO AND DID NOT DEPART. MX CREW DISPATCHED FROM GULFSTREAM. THE MX CREW DISCONNECTED CANNON PLUGS 255/256 IN THE WHEEL WELL. THESE CANNON PLUGS GO TO THE FLAP ASYMMEMETRY SYSTEM. THE MX CREW JUMPERED BETWEEN PINS D ON BOTH CANNON PLUGS. WITH BOTH CANNON PLUGS JUMPERED TOGETHER AT PIN D THE FLAPS WERE ABLE TO BE LOWERED. THE MX CREW REMOVED THE JUMPER BETWEEN THE TWO CANNON PLUGS AND RECONNECTED THE PLUGS. ONCE THE SYSTEM WAS ALL CONNECTED THEY OPERATED THE FLAPS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT ONE OF THESE