# SDR DXTA2018080821212

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 20, 2018
- Submitted: August 8, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N504QS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N504QS), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 680SOV
- Aircraft serial: 680A0041
- Aircraft time: 1,696 hours, 1,123 cycles
- System (JASC): [2730 · Elevator Control System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2730)
- Part: Pushrod
- Condition: Not Reported
- Location: Elevator
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: E
- Precautionary procedure: A, B
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DXTA2018080821212

## Discrepancy

AT 11000 FEET, AIRCRAFT ACCELERATING THROUGH 270 KNOTS, AIRCRAFT STARTED VIBRATING. AT 300 KNOTS YOKE STARTED BOUNCING FORWARD AND AFT 3-6 INCHES. NOTICED WINGS VIBRATING AT A HIGH FREQUENCY AS WELL.  SLOWED AIRCRAFT DOWN TO 200 KNOTS AND VIBRATION WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY NOTICEABLE.   
DIVERTED, ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS FUNCTIONED NORMAL.  R & R THE ELEVATOR PUSH ROD AND ADJUSTED THE CABLE TENSION

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