SDR 97ZZZX4863

Service difficulty report · Actuator · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
October 26, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604M
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1132
Part
Actuator
Part number
159SCC10021
Condition
Frozen
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
810 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

TEB - DEPARTED AUGUSTA GA (AGS) AND CLIMBED TO 41,000 FEET AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, ELEVATOR MISTRIM DOWN LIGHT CAME ON. CREW THEN FOUND ELEVATOR TRIM WAS FROZEN. WENT TO MANUAL MODE AND DIVERTED TO TETERSBORO, NJ. ON DESCENT INTO (KTEB) AT 6,000 FEET, SYSTEM BEGAN TO FUNCTION. INSPECTED ELEVATOR PITCH TRIM ACTUATORS. FOUND NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO PROPER FUNCTION. CLEANED AND LUBED ELEVATOR PITCH TRIM ACTUATORS PER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION. LANDINGS, 1,239.