Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
June 21, 2012
Submitted
July 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N450AW
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7823
Aircraft time
21,400 hours, 20,713 cycles
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Part
Control Unit
Part number
70624
Part serial
1695
Condition
Failed
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
4,862 hours, 5,118 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

DURING GEAR RETRACTION, AFTER DEPARTURE, STABILIZER TRIM CAUTION MESSAGE ON ED1, RESET FAILED AS SOON AS YOKE TRIM WAS MOVED, ANOTHER RESET WAS ATTEMPTED AND FAILED WITH TRIM SWITCH MOVEMENT, CONTROL FORCES WERE HARD AND GETTING WORSE WITH INCREASE IN SPEED, AT FLAP RETRACTION ALT. RETRACTED FLAPS FROM 20 TO 8 TO 0, CONTROL FORCES LESSENED, 3RD RESET ATTEMPTED. F/O HELD BOTH ENGAGE BUTTONS IN AND WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE BOTH CHANNELS LONG ENOUGH TO TRIM OUT THE CONTROL FORCE, STABILIZER. CH1 INOPERATIVE STATUS MESSAGE THEN APPEARED, NO FURTHER RESET ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. R & R MOTOR CONTROL UNIT.