Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
September 30, 2016
Submitted
August 11, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N323JR
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500129
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Servo
Part number
4006719914
Part serial
93066618
Condition
Defective
Location
Elevator
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.

What was found

AT 40000 FT THE AP STARTING PORPOISING SO THE AP WAS TURNED OFF BUT THE ACFT WOULD NOT TRIM PROPERLY. THE ACFT WAS DIVERTED TO CHA AND DESCENT WAS INITIATED BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE ACFT PITCHED DOWN WHILE DESCENDING. DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF FLIGHT THE YOKE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO INPUT PITCH CHANGES, BUT ROLL WAS OK. AFTER LANDING SOME TROUBLESHOOTING WAS DONE WHEN POWER WAS TURNED OFF. THE PITCH INPUTS WERE INITIALLY OK BUT THEN THE YOKE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHILE LT AND RT INPUTS SEEMED NORMAL. THIS CYCLE REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES SO NO FURTHER FLIGHT WAS ATTEMPTED AND THE ACFT WAS TAKEN TO MX ON THE FIELD FOR FURTHER ACTION. REMOVED ELEVATOR SERVO FROM ACFT AND REPLACED WITH REPAIRED UNIT PN 4006719914 SN93026363. REPAIRED IAW MM 221101

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