Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
June 30, 2020
Submitted
July 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N180LD
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
164
Aircraft time
3,648 hours, 1,942 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, F, B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

WHILE AT ALTITUDE (41,000FT) ELEVATOR (E) AMBER, THEN RED ILLUMINATED ON PFD, FOLLOWED BY AN OSCILLATING PITCH UP (APPX 3-5 DEGREES) AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED DURING THIS EVENT AND WAS DISCONNECTED. AN ELECTRIC SMOKE ODOR WAS THEN DETECTED BY BOTH CREW MEMBERS AS WELL AS PAX. APPROX 1 MINUTE LATER A SEVERE ELEVATOR VIBRATION WAS FELT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND ELEVATOR SERVO CABLE TENSIONS AND SLIP CLUTCH SETTING TO BE TOO LOW.