Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
September 13, 2018
Submitted
September 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N91GY
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605314
Aircraft time
9,038 hours, 6,778 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99120071
Part serial
1828
Condition
Corroded
Location
Trim System
Part time
9,025 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT HAPPENED IN FLIGHT, CREW WRITE UP“ NOSE WHEEL TRIM STUCK. WON’T MOVE FORWARD DID NOT MOVE BACK, COULD NOT MOVE WHEEL ANY FURTHER AND USED PHYSICAL FORCE TO LOWER NOSE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AT THAT TIME AND THEY LANDED SAFELY. AFTER WORKING WITH ENGINEERING, THEY STATED THAT THE ACTUATORS SHOULD BE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED THOROUGHLY, REASSEMBLED AND SERVICED WITH THE CORRECT GREASE PER THE CMM 27-10-01.

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