Service difficulty report · Control System · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
May 22, 2007
Submitted
June 1, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N360QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600460
Aircraft time
8,211 hours, 6,751 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Control System
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT FL 280 AND 275 KTS RECEIVED AMBER ANNUNCIATOR (AP PITCH MIS-TRIM) AND (TRIM DN), MANUALLY DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT AND ATTEMPTED TO TRIM DOWN MANUALLY AND ELECTRICALLY, BUT AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY TRIMMED NOSE DOWN TO THE STOP. IN THIS CONDITION AIRCRAFT STILL PITCHED UP. FOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL SYSTEM OUT OF RIG. RIGGED THE TRIM SYSTEM IAW MM. CHAPTER 27-31-00 SYSTEM OPS CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME