Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 510

Difficulty date
September 29, 2008
Submitted
October 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N83EM
Make and model
Cessna 510
Aircraft serial
5100026
Part
Control Cable
Part number
70611107
Condition
Frozen
Location
Ailerons
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

ON CLIMB OUT, AT 20,000 FT THE AILERONS FROZE WITH AN OAT OF 0 DEGREES C. PILOT WAS GETTING THE AMBER AP LIGHT. HE WOULD TURN THE AP "OFF" AND FREE UP THE CONTROLS ABOUT EVERY 15 TO 20 MINUTES BY EXERTING A LOSS OF FORCE TO FREE THE ICING. AT 33,000 FT WITH AN OAT OF -22 DEGREES, AND THE AP ENGAGED, THE ELEVATOR FROZE. PILOT SAID IT TOOK AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO GET THE AC TO RESPOND. JUST LIKE BEFORE, HE WAS CONTROLLING THE AC WITH ENGINES AND TRIM. AT 6,000 FT, ON APPROACH, HE WAS USING ELEVATOR TRIM TO CONTROL THE AC AND ALMOST MAX'D IT OUT. AC IS AT SERVICE CENTER AND ARE LOOKING FOR THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE FREEZING. WE ARE FOCUSING ON WATER INTRUDING THE TAILCONE AND GETTING ON THE AILERON AND ELEVATOR PULLEYS THUS CAUSING THE FREEZE.

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