SDR 2025F00125

Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
May 8, 2025
Submitted
May 16, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N958SP
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B5132
Aircraft time
15,826 hours, 12,607 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
0110087720
Part serial
19Z007205
Condition
Defective
Location
Yaw
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING FLIGHT PILOT AUTOPILOT HAD A PROBLEM AND AFTER THE AUTOPILOT WAS SHUT OFF THE RUDDER WENT FULL RIGHT. USING THE RUDDER CONTROLS THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO THEIR PLANNED DESTINATION OF IAD. MX DISCOVERED THE YAW SERVO WAS DEFECTIVE. MX REPLACED GSA-80 WITH PN: 011-00877-20 SN: 19Z018546 OVERHAULED UNIT. MX RELOADED SW0767.25 AND APPLICABLE YAW FILES. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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