Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
June 30, 2008
Submitted
April 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N599QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5605714
Aircraft time
1,102 hours, 834 cycles
Part
Indicator
Condition
Incorrect
Location
Elevators
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT WE OBSERVED THAT THE TRIM INDICATOR WAS CLOSE TO THE FULL FWD LIMITS ON THE WHITE TAPE. ON APPROACH WE SLOWED TO 190KTS AND WITH THE A/P ENGAGED SELECTED FLAPS 7 DEG. TRIM INDICATOR MOVED FWD BEYOND THE WHITE TAPE ALL THE WAY TO IT'S FWD LIMIT OF THE PANEL. EVEN AT THE TRIM LIMIT IT CONTINUE TO TRY TO TRIM ITSELF FWD WITH THE A/P ENGAGED. WE DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND HAND FLEW THE REST OF THE APPROACH WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. FOUND POINTER FOR ELEVATOR TRIM NOT POSITIONED CORRECTLY FOR TAKEOFF. RESET POINTER TO CORRECT POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TRIM TRAVEL CHECKS AND OPS CHECKS GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IAW MM 27-32-01. ALSO COMPLIED WITH DC-5XL-27-080101 WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.