Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
July 23, 2022
Submitted
August 8, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N350WC
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600266
Aircraft time
9,450 hours, 8,130 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
636121521AND22
Part serial
NA
Condition
Binding
Location
Zone 300
Part time
9,450 hours, 8,130 cycles
Component
Actuator · Cessna
Component part number
636121521AND22
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, F, F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

N350WC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE ELEVATOR TRIM MALFUNCTIONING AS THE CREW WAS PREPARING THEIR DESCENT INTO DESTINATION AIRPORT, KRIC. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LANDED WITH NOT PROBLEMS. WHEN MAINTENANCE CHECKED TRIM SYSTEM, THEY FOUND THAT ONE POPSICLE IN THE LEFT AND ONE POPSICLE WAS BINDING AND VERY HARD TO ROTATE. REMOVED ACTUATORS P/N 6361215-21 AND -22. INSTALLED NEW ACTUATORS P/N 6396022-3 AND -4. TRIM SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND WAS OPERATING NORMALLY.