Service difficulty report · Motor · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
May 31, 2011
Submitted
May 31, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605611
Aircraft time
4,360 hours, 3,365 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
444303739
Part serial
T607
Condition
Binding
Location
Elevator Trim
Part time
4,360 hours, 3,365 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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 4000 FT, 180KTS, 10 SECONDS AFTER SELECTING FLAPS 7, AUTOPILOT KICKED OFF & ACFT PITCHED 20 DEGREES NOSE UP. AFTER STABILIZING ACFT AT 180 KTS, NO NOSE DOWN TRIM REMAINING, & TRIM WAS ALL THE WAY TO STOP. ACFT LANDED, FLAPS 7 & FLAPS WERE LEFT SELECTED AT 7 AFTER SHUTDOWN. STABILIZER APPEARS TO BE IN PROPER POSITION. CHECKED ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE TENSION AND FOUND TO BE LOW. ADJUSTED TENSION AND FOUND MOTOR TO BE BINDING REMOVED ELEVATOR TRIM MOTOR AND INSTALLED NEW MOTOR IAW MM 27-32-04, REV 30. OPS CHECKED GOOD, TRAVEL CHECKED GOOD, CABLE TENSIONS ADJUSTED IAW MM 27-31-00.

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