Service difficulty report · Wheel · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
July 8, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft time
6,562 hours
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Wheel
Part number
55657562
Condition
Damaged
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) WHEN A SMALL FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE INDICATOR POINTER AND THE TRIM WHEEL WAS ROTATED THE POINTER JUMPED OUT OF ITS GROOVE. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE GROOVES WERE NOT WORN AND THE SYSTEM LOOKED NORMAL BUT WHEN THE WHEEL WAS ROTATED WITH 1 FINGER APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE SIDE OF THE WHEEL IT WOBBLED AND ALLOWED THE PIN RIDING IN THE GROOVE TO BECOME DISENGAGED. PINCHING THE WHEEL WITH A THUMB AND FINGER OR TURNING THE WHEEL WITH THE PALM OF THE HAND ON THE TOP DID NOT ALLOW THE PIN TO DISENGAGE.

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