Service difficulty report · Bracket · Cessna 172L

Difficulty date
September 9, 2018
Submitted
September 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7577G
Make and model
Cessna 172L
Aircraft serial
59277
Aircraft time
11,371 hours
Engine
Lyc O320E2D
Engine time
2,554 hours
Propeller
Snsnch 74DM
Part
Bracket
Part number
05232315
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap
Part time
11,371 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, DURING FLAP RETRACTION, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD BY BOTH PEOPLE ABOARD. DURING POST FLIGHT IT WAS FOUND RT FLAP HAD BOUND ON BRACKET PN 0523231-5 DURING RETRACTION CAUSING DAMAGE TO FLAP, BRACKET, AND FLAP TRACK BRACKET. CRACKS FOUND IN THE LOWER ELBOW OF FLAP TRACK BRACKET PN 0523231-8 AND 0523231-7 APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY THE FLAP BINDING. INSPECTION OF LEFT WING FLAP SYSTEM FOUND NO DEFECTS. NO RECORD OF BRACKET 0523231-5 BEING CHANGED WAS FOUND IN LOG BOOKS, IT IS ESTIMATED THIS IS ORIGINAL.

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