Service difficulty report · Drive Unit · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
May 3, 2002
Submitted
May 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808WP
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
026
Engine
Pwa PW120
Part
Drive Unit
Part serial
0102M
Condition
Slow
Location
Flap Drive Unit
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 ADI PITCH/ROLL MISMATCH, AHRS DATA INVALID, YAW DAMPNER FAILED ON BOTH CHANNELS. FLAPS VERY SLOW MOVING AND STUCK AT 10 PERCENT. FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT ABOVE 5 DEGREE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: 1) PERFORMED GMT TEST FOR BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 AHS SYSTEM. TESTED GOOD - 2) PERFORMED GMT TEST FOR YAW DAMPNER SYS.(BOTH L & R CHANNELS). TESTED GOOD. 3) BLED NR 1 MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND FPU. (B) FUNCTIONAL TEST OF WING FLAP SYSTEM GOOD. NO DEFECTS NOTED. NOTE: FLAPS SLOW TO MOVE, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FLAP POWER DRIVE UNIT. ((TRACKING NUMBER KPVA 2002-9))