What was found
WHILE TAXING FOR DEPARTURE FLAPS WOULD EXTEND BUT WOULD NOT RETRACT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE AND MAINTENANCE REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AT FLAP CONTROL VALVE.
- Difficulty date
- July 5, 2001
- Submitted
- August 4, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N640PA
- Make and model
- Swrngn SA227AC
- Aircraft serial
- AC759B
- Aircraft time
- 23,874 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2750 · Trailing Edge Flap Control System
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Flap Control
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.