Service difficulty report · Bearing · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
October 3, 2009
Submitted
October 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N707LX
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500078
Aircraft time
7,514 hours, 4,941 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
S307106C15
Condition
Worn
Location
Spoiler
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, AFTER TAKE-OFF, CREW REPORTED THE COPILOTS YOKE BECOMES DISCONNECTED FROM THE PILOTS YOKE IN RT TURNS. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. CREW REPORTED NO EICAS MESSAGE INDICATING A PROBLEM. UPON ARRIVING AT MX, CONFIRMED THE YOKE WAS DISCONNECTED. MX WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY REPEATEDLY; WHEN TURNING FULL RT ON THE GROUND, THE COPILOTS YOKE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE PILOTS YOKE; THEN WHEN TURNING THE COPILOTS YOKE TO THE LT, IT RECONNECTED AUTOMATICALLY. ADDITIONALLY, MX FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO MANUALLY DISCONNECT THE COPILOTS YOKE ONCE RE-CONNECTED USING THE MANUAL DISENGAGE MECHANISM. ULTIMATELY, MX FOUND THE SPOILER DISCONNECT BEARING WORN AND THE MECHANICAL DISCONNECT MECHANISM OUT OF RIG.

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