Service difficulty report · Trim Panel · Bombdr CL6002D15

Difficulty date
September 19, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr CL6002D15
Aircraft time
25,585 hours, 12,474 cycles
Engine
Ge CF348C5
Part
Trim Panel
Part number
CC670511143
Condition
Stuck
Location
Rudder
Part time
24,719 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT, AT FL360 WITH THE A/P ON, THE ACFT HAD AN UN-COMMANDED RUDDER TRIM GOING FULL LEFT. THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED THE RUDDER TRIM TO NEUTRAL AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION FOUND FROM THE FDR READOUT THAT THE RUDDER TRIM WAS COMMANDED ELECTRICALLY AND THAT THERE WERE CORRESPONDING CHANGES IN HEADING AND THAT THE PILOT INPUT OPPOSITE RUDDER PEDAL TO COUNTERACT THE TRIM MOVEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE DEFECT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND IT IS STRONGLY SUSPECTED THAT THE RUDDER TRIM SWITCH STUCK AFTER A SMALL PILOT INPUT CAUSING THE TRIM TO RUN FULL TRAVEL. THE AILERON/RUDDER TRIM PANEL, PN CC670-51114-3 WAS REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM TESTED SERVICEABLE.