SDR 97ZZZM583

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
March 25, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404KA
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
404
Part
Bolt
Part number
NAS428431
Condition
Failed
Location
Elev Bob Weight
Part time
4,365 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

THE A/C WAS ON A DEAD HEAD LEG FROM TEB TO ENN, WHEN THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM HAD AN UNUSUAL FEEL. THE A/C DIVERTED TO OXC AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ELEVATOR BOB WEIGHT UPSTOP HAD BEEN FOULED BY THE STOP BOLT, CAUSING A RIVET TO SHEAR ON THE BOB WEIGHT PUSH PULL TUBE. THIS ALLOWED THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE BOB WEIGHT.

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