Service difficulty report · Drive Gear · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
September 4, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft time
31,387 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UA
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN5
Part
Drive Gear
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Sas Servo
Component
Sas Servo · Rosemount
Component part number
950D1001F
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

ACFT WAS IN THE HANGAR FOR OTHER MX, ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS NOTED AS "ROUGH". INSPECTED AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAS SERVO CAUSING PROBLEM. SERVO WAS REMOVED FROM CLUTCH ASSY AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. DISCOVERED CONTAMINATION IN FORM OF DIRT ON SERVO DRIVE GEAR, INTERFERING WITH CLUTCH GEARS. CLEANED AND INSPECTED, NO DAMAGE NOTED, SERVO WAS REINSTALLED, TESTED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THIS SDR IS BEING SUBMITTED LATE AS IT WAS MISSED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, DISCOVERED BY COMPANY QA SYSTEM ON AN AUDIT.