Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 29, 2010
Submitted
February 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N511CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605324
Part
Actuator
Part number
666016112
Condition
Frozen
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL STARTED TO FREE PLAY DURING MOVEMENT. A POST FLIGHT INSP FOUND THE RT ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR FROZEN IN PLACE AND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE BROKEN. IT IS BELIEVED AT THIS TIME THAT THE ISSUES ARE RELATED. MFG ENGINEERING HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE ELEVATOR TRIM SYS WAS GIVEN A FULL INSP WITH NO FURTHER RELATED DEFECTS FOUND. A FULL SYS RIG CK AND OPS CK WAS PERFORMED AND THE ACFT WAS APPROVE FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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