Service difficulty report · Pin · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
June 13, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft time
7,998 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Part
Pin
Part number
332X500TYPE3
Condition
Loose
Location
Trim Actuator
Component
Trim Actuator · Cessna
Component part number
1260149
Stage of operation
NR
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) ON THE RETURN LEG OF A CHARTER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ELEVATOR TRIM WOULD NOT MOVE. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD FULL ELEVATOR AUTHORITY BUT COULD NOT ADJUST THE TRIM. AFTER LANDING MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THE TWO GROOVE PINS HOLDING THE TRIM CHAIN SPROCKET ON THE TRIM ACTUATOR HAD COME LOOSE. ONE PIN WAS MISSING AND THE OTHER WAS OUT FAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SPROCKET TO DISLODGE AND JAM THE TRIM CHAIN. THIS UNIT WAS INSTALLED AUG. 10, 2017 AND HAD 284.2 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. (TC# 20190618010)

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