Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 30, 2011
Submitted
January 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605599
Aircraft time
4,201 hours, 3,328 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Ailerons
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE AND DURING CLIMBOUT, NOTICED SIGNIFICANT RT AILERON HAD TO BE APPLIED TO KEEP PLANE LEVEL. ACFT ACCELERATED TO 200 KTS AND MORE RT AILERON CONTROL FORCE NEEDED. WITH THE AILERON TRIM CENTERED NEUTRAL, ACFT WOULD BANK HARD LT TO 30 DEGREES WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. ACFT WOULD HAVE KEPT BANKING HARD LEFT. HAD TO MOVE THE AILERON TRIM ALMOST HALF TO THE RT ON THE SCALE TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. FUEL WAS BALANCED THE WHOLE TIME. ADJUSTED AILERON CABLE'S SPEC IAW MM 27-10-00 (REV 30) AILERON & AILERON TRIM TRAVEL CHECK'S GOOD IAW MM 27-10-00. (REV 30)

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