Service difficulty report · Retaining Nut · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
June 24, 2011
Submitted
July 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N194GA
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB8
Aircraft time
36,592 hours, 49,280 cycles
Part
Retaining Nut
Part number
1005210161
Part serial
948C91
Condition
Backed Out
Location
Te Flap
Part time
7,669 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON APPROACH A SPLIT FLAP CONDITION OCCURRED. WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED DOWN, THE LT INBOARD FLAP REMAINED IN THE FULL UP POSITION. ALL OTHER FLAPS EXTENDED NORMALLY. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DRIVE GEAR RETAINING NUT THAT HAD BACKED OUT UNDER AIR LOAD IN THE LT INBOARD FLAP ACTUATOR.

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