What was found
THE BRASS SHIMS ARE "BRAKING" AND CAUSING THE TRIM TO TEMPORARY STICK WHEN GOING FROM ELECTRIC TRIM TO MANUAL OPERATION. PN OF THE AFFECTED PART IS P/N 4602.
- Difficulty date
- July 15, 2009
- Submitted
- January 4, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Beech F33A
- Aircraft time
- 9,474 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO520BB
- Propeller
- Hartzl PHCC3YF1
- System (JASC)
- 2731 · Elevator Tab Control System
- Part
- Shim
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Trim Servo
- Component
- Trim Servo
- Component part number
- 010659
- 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.