Service difficulty report · Servo · Amd FALCON900

Difficulty date
January 25, 2016
Submitted
January 28, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N108FJ
Make and model
Amd FALCON900
Aircraft serial
108
Aircraft time
12,132 hours, 6,762 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
7002260621
Part serial
83010145
Condition
Misrigged
Location
Ap Elevator Trim
Component
Ap Elevator Tri · Honeywell · SM300
Component part number
7002260621
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

AUTOPILOT ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO MOTOR REPLACED AFTER INSPECTION FOUND 1 CABLE GUIDE BROKEN OFF. REPLACEMENT SERVO MOTOR INSTALLED AND DURING OPS CHECK, FOUND SERVO MOTOR TO RUN OPPOSITE OF DESIGN. REMOVED SERVO MOTOR AND BENCH CHECKED TO VERIFY BY APPLYING VOLTAGE. SERVO MOTOR RAN BACKWARDS. NEW SERVO MOTOR INSTALLED, OPS CHECK NORMAL, AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.