Service difficulty report · Elevator System · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 8, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
2,488 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A42
Part
Elevator System
Condition
Binding
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, ON A RECOVERY FROM A SIMULATED FORCED APPROACH ELEVATOR TRIM BECAME JAMMED IN THE FULL NOSE UP POSITION. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TRIM THE AIRCRAFT MANUALLY & ELECTRICALLY BUT TRIM WHEEL WAS JAMMED SOLID. SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE YOKE WAS REQUIRED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE LEVEL. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER SELECTING DIFFERENT FLAP SETTINGS (AT ALTITUDE) TO SEE HOW THE AIRCRAFT WOULD RESPOND. ON DOWNWIND THE TRIM WAS THEN ABLE TO MOVE AGAIN & THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IS PENDING. GOING THROUGH THE TRIM SYSTEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM.

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