Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
September 4, 2009
Submitted
September 8, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4053
Aircraft time
19,806 hours, 20,279 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
C1486742005
Part serial
1032
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
3,399 hours, 3,837 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SEA- ON APPROACH TO BLI FO ORDERED FLAPS 5. FLAP DID NOT MOVE AND FLAP PWR CAUTION ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND TRIED AGAIN. SAME RESULT. LANDED SEA, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. IN CDS FOUND ARMING SWITCH FAULT. REF FIM 27-50-00-810-805. REMOVED AND REPLACED FLAP CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 27-51-01-000-801 AND 27-51-01-400-801. FUNCTIONAL TEST GOOD. FLAP POWER CAUTION NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. CDS FAULT CLEARED AND DID NOT RETURN. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.