SDR 71141

Service difficulty report · Spring · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
June 3, 2005
Submitted
June 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N138YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE138
Aircraft time
19,041 hours, 31,714 cycles
Part
Spring
Part number
1295240051
Condition
Broken
Location
Aileron/Rudder
Part time
19,041 hours, 31,714 cycles
Component
Aileron/Rudder · Raythn
Component part number
1295240961
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED DURING INTERMEDIATE CLIMB, IT TOOK FULL RIGHT AILERON TRIM TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT WINGS LEVEL. CREW NOTED NO CONTROLLABILITY PROBLEMS. CRUISE TRIM SETTING APPEARED MORE NORMAL AT 3 RIGHT. AIRCRAFT REQUIRED NO AILERON RETRIMMING DURING DESCENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FORWARD AILERON/RUDDER INTERCONNECT SPRING BROKEN. THE BREAK OCCURRED BETWEEN THE HOOK OF THE SPRING AND THE COILS OF THE SPRING. REPLACED FORWARD SPRING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEECH CRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. A TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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