Service difficulty report · Rod End · Braero HS125700A

Difficulty date
May 14, 2007
Submitted
May 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N281BT
Make and model
Braero HS125700A
Aircraft serial
NA0281
Aircraft time
11,719 hours, 7,043 cycles
Part
Rod End
Part number
CN635MESP56
Condition
Corroded
Location
Flap System
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH THE FLAP SYSTEM FAILED TO EXTEND PAST 15 DEGREES AND THEN BECAME STUCK AT 15 DEGREES. TRIED TO SET FLAPS TO 25 DEGREES AND FLAPS DID NOT MOVE, RESET FOR 15 DEGREES AND THEN UP TO 0 DEGREES WITH NO MOVEMENT. RESELECTED FLAPS TO 15-DEGREE POSITION. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AIRCRAFT FLAP SYSTEM HAD BEEN WORKED ON 05/09/2007 WHERE THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE REPLACED LEFT FLAP TRUNNION YOKE P/N 25CW733A, BOLT, HEX, WASHER, NUT AN OPS CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A TEST FLIGHT CONDUCTED ON 05/10/2007. FOUND FLAP SYSTEM TO BE OPERATIONALLY SATISFACTORY IN BOTH INSTANCES. FOUND FLAP CONTROL UNIT INPUT LEVER ROD END CORRODED. REMOVED FLAP INPUT LEVER ROD END P/N CN6-3