What was found
DURING FLIGHT, ELEVATOR TRIM BECAME STIFF AND ELECTRIC TRIM WOULD NOT OPERATE. FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE LOSS OF ELEVATOR TRIM ABILITY. DURING INSPECTION FOUND CHAIN SPROCKET ON ELEVATOR TRIM HAD SHEARED FROM TRIM ACTUATOR ASSY.
- Difficulty date
- December 12, 2013
- Submitted
- January 17, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N181SA
- Make and model
- Cessna 206H
- Aircraft serial
- 20608192
- System (JASC)
- 2730 · Elevator Control System
- Part
- Sprocket
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Elevator Trim
- Part time
- 3,278 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.