Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
May 21, 2014
Submitted
May 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781EA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
310
Aircraft time
37,267 hours
Part
Indicator
Part number
KI204
Part serial
6603
Condition
Separated
Location
Vor
Part time
19,018 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, S
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ELEVATOR JAMMED ON TAKEOFF, COULD NOT PULL YOKE BACK TO ROTATE. VOR 2 INDICATOR CASE DROPPED ONTO THE CONTROL YOKE PREVENTING FULL REARWARD TRAVEL. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUND VOR INDICATOR BACK CASE SEPARATED FROM FRONT OF INDICATOR, WHICH WAS STILL PROPERLY INSTALLED INTO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. REPLACED VOR 2 INDICATOR & INSPECTED ELEVATOR SYS FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.

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