What was found
FAILURE OF FLAP TO RETRACT. INVESTIGATED AND FOUND SPRING BROKEN.
- Difficulty date
- August 24, 2002
- Submitted
- September 10, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N6117J
- Make and model
- Piper PA32300
- Aircraft serial
- 327640095
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540*
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Flap Return
- Part time
- 6,130 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.