Service difficulty report · Screw · Cessna T182T

Difficulty date
March 7, 2014
Submitted
February 28, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5918G
Make and model
Cessna T182T
Aircraft serial
T18208799
Part
Screw
Part number
MS3526548
Condition
Loose
Location
Control Column
Part time
452 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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

COMPLIED WITH SB SEB-27-01. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, ACFT WAS FLOWN AND THE ELEVATOR CONTROL BECAME INCREASINGLY STIFF DURING THE FLIGHT TO THE POINT OF LOCKING UP. THE ACFT RETURNED AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. DURING INSPECTION, TENSION WAS RESET ON CONTROL COLUMN SLIDE SCREW AND SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL. MFG WAS CONTACTED AND THEY HAVE HAD PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING DUE TO TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL. REVIEW OF THE WEATHER REVEALED THAT THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 40`S WHEN THE SEB WAS COMPLIED WITH AND WHEN THE ACFT FLEW, IT WAS IN THE MID TO HIGHT 60`S.

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