Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
January 3, 2009
Submitted
July 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N311QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800196
Aircraft time
636 hours, 433 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
103000
Part serial
224
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Horz Trim Act
Part time
433 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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, AP A FAIL CAS MESSAGE POSTED FOLLOWED 30 SECONDS LATER BY AP B FAIL CAS MESSAGE. BOTH MESSAGES REMAINED ON THE RESET OF THE FLIGHT REPEAT WRITE-UP. REVIEWED CDMS FAULTS, FOUND PITCH TRIM FAULT ON LAST FLIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED HORIZ STAB TRIM CONTROL UNIT IAW MM CHAPTER 27-40-00. EICAS STAB RIGGING CHECKS GOOD. OPS CHECKS GOOD.