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all King Airs have the same flap motor and gearbox. If the flaps are stuck in the down position, this remedy just might get them to go up.
For some reason, rattling the flaps in the up position will not affect the actuator enough to move the flap motor off a dead segment. So this low-tech advice won’t be helpful if the flaps are stuck in the up position. But that is not as much of a problem because you can still take off and do a no-flap landing.
Although it goes without saying, I have to say it anyway: This course of action would only be taken as a last resort, after exhausting all other options as laid out in your POH. And by all means, if you ever have to do this to get your flaps to come up, then your very next stop had better be with a good mechanic that can troubleshoot, identify and remedy the problem(s) in your flaps system.
About the Author: Dean Benedict is a certified A&P, AI, and has almost 40 years of experience in King Air maintenance. He is president of Honest Air, Inc., which specializes in Beechcraft King Air maintenance and repair.
If there is a particular maintenance issue you would like Dean to address in a future issue, please email Editor Kim Blonigen at kblonigen@cox.net. KA
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