Service difficulty report · Servo · Amd FALCON900

Difficulty date
January 25, 2016
Submitted
January 25, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N108FJ
Make and model
Amd FALCON900
Aircraft serial
900B108
Aircraft time
12,132 hours, 6,762 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7315BR
Part
Servo
Part number
7002260621
Part serial
83010145
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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 SERVOMOTOR INSTALLED AND DURING OPS CHECK, FOUND SERVOMOTOR 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.