Service difficulty report · Chain · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
October 9, 2014
Submitted
October 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N876FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
207
Aircraft time
10,059 hours, 13,172 cycles
Part
Chain
Part number
S22952587
Condition
Twisted
Location
Elevator Trim
Component
Trim Cable · Cessna
Component part number
2660001155156
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

ON CLIMB OUT THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL JAMMED. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN & SAFELY LANDED. NO EMER WAS DECLARED. INSPECTED THE ACFT & FOUND THAT THE TRIM CHAINS WERE BINDING WHEN ROTATED IN THE NOSE UP POSITION & THE TRIM CHAIN HAD SOME TWIST AT BOTH ACTUATORS. RELEASED THE TENSION, TWIST CLEARED IMMEDIATELY & FOUND NO BROKEN STRANDS ON CABLES. FREE RAN TRIM ACTUATORS, ROTATED PULLEYS & TORQUED THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE. PERFORMED MULTIPLE OPERATIONS CHECKS & RIG CHECKS. ALL CHECKED GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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