SDR 97ZZZX4155

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cessna S550

Difficulty date: October 15, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N106QS
Make and model: Cessna S550
Aircraft serial: S5500106
System (JASC): 2701 · Control Column Section
Part: Bolt
Part number: MS200044
Condition: Loose
Location: Control Column
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

BOTH PILOT'S AND COPILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN ASSY HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO OPPOSITE COLUMN, FORWARD AND AFT OR INBOARD AND OUTBOARD, FOUND BOLTS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AND CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD. (NO PUTTY WAS ON ANY BOLTS). TOTAL AIRCRAFT HOURS, 9,615.4.

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