Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
October 20, 2011
Submitted
October 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8877A
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7877
Aircraft time
18,357 hours, 15,661 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Defective
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FLIGHT LEVEL 270, AT 300 KNOTS, AIRCRAFT HAD A UNCOMMANDED FLAP MOVEMENT UP AND DOWN THREE TIMES CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, DIVERTED TO GRB. AFTER REVIEWING THE DFDR DATA WE COULD SEE A FAULTY INDICATION COMING FROM THE LT SIDE. THE LT SIDE INDICATED 8, 13 AND 20 DEGREES THEN BACK TO 0 WHILE THE RT REMAINED AT NIL. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ROLL WITH THE INDICATED ASYMMETRY AT 290 IAS. WITH THE INDICATED FLAP MOVEMENT THE STAB TRIM COMPENSATED CAUSING THE A/C TO PITCH. THE FLAPS WERE USED FOR LANDING AND NO FURTHER FAULTS OCCURRED. LT FLAP INDICATION INOP. BASED ON DFDR DOWNLOAD DATA DETERIMINED THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE LT FLAP INDICATION ONLY. REPLACED LT FLAP POSITION XMITTER IAW CRJ AMM 27-55-01 AND VERIFIED P/N EFFECTIVITY. DM 53243 CLEARED PLACARD REMOVED.