Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
March 3, 2016
Submitted
March 3, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N490CA
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5501043
Aircraft time
6,973 hours, 5,718 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
4006719904
Part serial
02067662
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Elevator
Part time
6,973 hours, 5,718 cycles
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

PILOT REPORTS THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION, THE ELEVATORS BOUND IN THE MOSTLY UP POSITION. AILERONS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. ELEVATOR TRIM WAS MOVABLE. POWER WAS REDUCED, AIRSPEED KEPT AT 135 KTS, AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS RESTORED ON TAXI BACK. UPON INSPECTION, THE ELEVATOR CONTROL SERVO WAS FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENTLY BINDING AND JAMMED.

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