Service difficulty report · Torque Tube · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
January 6, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Part
Torque Tube
Part number
115610010325
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Elevator
Part time
1 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
F, W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FIRST FLIGHT AFTER LEFT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE ASSY REPLACED, THE PILOT NOTICED AN OBSTRUCTED ELEVATOR CONTROL. ELEV MOVEMENTS JERKY. LANDED OK. LEFT ELEVATOR ATTACH BRACKET CUT-OUT SKIN FOULING WITH STAB ATTACH BRACKET. SPACERS INSTALLED. FURTHER EXAMINATION FOUND THAT THE NEW TORQUE TUBE ASSY WAS .1250 INCH SHORTER THAN THE ORIGINAL CAUSING THE ELEVATOR TO MOVE INBOARD. OK WHEN CHECKING ON GROUND, BUT IN AIR WITH AIR LOADS MOVED, THE ELEVATOR INBOARD ON SUPPORT BEARING SURFACE JUST ENOUGH TO CAUSE INTERFERENCE FOULING. BEECH CONTACTED.