Service difficulty report · Flap System · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
March 4, 2015
Submitted
March 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
NUVY651L
CSE Bournemouth Limited
Aircraft
N93CW
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
0139
Aircraft time
1,659 hours, 1,128 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ443A
Engine time
1,659 hours, 1,128 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Misrigged
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURIZES AT RANDOM INTERVALS DURING FLIGHT. CREW REPORT UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION: THE MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS PRESSURIZES AT RANDOM INTERVALS DURING THE FLIGHT AND FLASHES A WHITE LIGHT ON THE ANNUNCIATOR. ON 1 OCCASION, IT REMAINED PRESSURIZED CONTINUOUSLY FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WAS CURED BY RECYCLING THE FLAPS A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE THEY WERE THE LAST TO HAVE BEEN USED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE RT SPEED BRAKE DOOR NOT FLUSH WITH THE WING SKIN WHEN CLOSED AND REQUIRED RE-RIGGING. FLAP SYSTEM FUNCTION CHECKED AND IT WAS NOTED THE FLAP FOLLOW UP INDICATOR HAD DELAYED ACTION WHEN FLAPS SELECTED FROM 0 DEGREES TO 15 DEGREES. THIS FAULT HAS BEEN TRACED TO INCORRECT ROUTING OF THE FLAP FOLLOW UP CABLE IN THE PEDESTAL SECTOR.

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