Service difficulty report · Flap System · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
September 9, 2020
Submitted
September 10, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605599
Aircraft time
11,350 hours, 8,597 cycles
Part
Flap System
Condition
Frozen
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLIMBING THROUGH 27,500 FT, THE PITCH TRIM ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ON BOTH PFDS. THE AUTOMATION WAS DISENGAGED. WE LEVELED AT FL 280. WE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE TRIM VIA THE YOKE SWITCH AND IT DID NOT RESPOND. WE WERE ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE MANUAL TRIM WHEEL. WE MANUALLY PULLED THE PITCH TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER AND RESET IT. WE ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FLAP INDICATOR WAS NOT AT 0. THE FLAP HANDLE WAS CYCLED & THE INDICATOR MOVED TO 0. WE DID NOT OBSERVE A HYDRAULIC PRESS LIGHT OR STAB MISCOMPARE ON THE ANNUNCIATOR. PLEASE NOTE: WE DE-ICED IN ASE & TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING. AS THE FLIGHT CONTINUED INTO WARMER AIR THE TRIM BEHAVED NORMALLY AND WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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