Service difficulty report · Pcu · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 27, 2017
Submitted
February 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N753XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500053
Aircraft time
8,807 hours, 4,827 cycles
Part
Pcu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Aileron
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER APPROXIMATELY 4.5 HOURS INTO CRUISE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A “RE-TRIM R WING LOW” AMBER CAS MESSAGE. CREW TRANSFERRED FUEL TO THE LEFT WING AND MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AILERON AND RUDDER TRIM; THE CAS MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED. DURING DESCENT, AND JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED OFF COURSE TO THE LEFT. CREW DISCONNECTED THE AUTO PILOT, AND NOTED WHILE TRYING TO FLY TO THE RIGHT THAT THE YOKE WAS VERY STIFF, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. CREW LANDED SAFELY, AND ONCE ON THE GROUND THE YOKE SEEMED TO LOCK UP COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT (CLOCKWISE).THE LH AILERON PCU WAS BALANCED AND AILERON SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECKS PERFORMED, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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