Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
May 14, 2002
Submitted
May 14, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N24KM
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
500B129611
Aircraft time
8,150 hours
Part
Control Cable
Part number
550000151
Condition
Broken
Location
Elevator Trim
Part time
8,150 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE BROKE WHILE ON APPROACH. CABLE BROKE WHERE IT WRAPPED AROUND AN AUTOPILOT TRIM ACTUATOR THAT HAD BEEN DEACTIVATED. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO REMOVE THE OLD TRIM ACTUATOR AND REPLACE ALL 4 ELEVATOR TRIM CABLES. AS A PRECAUTION ALSO REPLACED THE RUDDER TRIM CABLES.