Service difficulty report · Trim Motor · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
January 4, 2005
Submitted
January 5, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N26496
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500607
Aircraft time
6,133 hours, 5,178 cycles
Part
Trim Motor
Part number
511523128
Part serial
031328
Condition
Jammed
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS AOG FOR ELEVATOR ELECTRIC TRIM ACTUATOR. WHEN PART WAS RECIEVED FROM VENDOR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AFT TRIM CABLE WAS ROUTED BETWEEN THE CABLE DRUM AND THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY JAMMING THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THE CABLE DRUM CLUTCH COULD NOT DISENGAGE TO ALLOW ROTATION OF THE CABLE DRUM. DUE TO THE JAMMED CONDITION OF CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, THE PART COULD NOT BE USED AND A REPLACEMENT WAS ORDERED. THE TRIM ACTUATOR S/N:0313-28, WAS AN OVERHAULED UNIT AND THE WORK WAS DONE BY CESSNA.

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