Service difficulty report · Computer · Pilats PC12

Difficulty date
November 17, 2009
Submitted
November 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N116SK
Make and model
Pilats PC12
Aircraft serial
116
Aircraft time
4,788 hours
Part
Computer
Part number
9787329015
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Flap Sys
Part time
4,788 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLAPS SET AT 15 DEGREES FOR NORMAL TAKEOFF ACCORDING TO PC12 SOP. AFTER LIFTOFF AND PASSING 100 KNOTS, FLAPS WERE SELECTED TO ZERO. SHORTLY AFTER MOVING FLAP HANDLE, SINGLE CHIME SOUNDED AND "FLAPS" AND "PUSHER" CAWS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. LOOKED AT FLAP POSITION INDICATOR AND NOTICED FLAPS HAD ONLY MOVED ABOUT HALF WAY TO ZERO. THE PILOT CONTACTED TOWER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PILOT MADE LT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX WAS CONTACTED AFTER UNLOADING PASSENGERS. MX RESET FLAP SYS AND PUT ACFT BACK INTO SERVICE. THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE IN 3 MONTHS WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYS. ALL 3 TIMES, THE SYS WAS RESET BY MX BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION.