Service difficulty report · Cable · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 12, 2008
Submitted
May 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N359QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800126
Aircraft time
1,598 hours, 1,043 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Loose
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT HAS AN AIRFRAME FLUTTER- INCREASE W/SPEED ABOVE 250KTS. SOME INDICATIONS W/ AP AND YD ON OR OFF, NOT NOTICED IN RUDDER OR AILERON FLUTTER APPEARS TO BE IN ELEVATOR. BALANCED LT AND RT ELEVATORS. FOUND ELEVATOR SERVO CABLE TENSIONS LOW. ADJUSTED TENSIONS IAW MM 27-30-00 AND MM CH 52-20-00 TRAVEL CHECK GOOD. OP'S CHECK GOOD.