Service difficulty report · Actuator · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
November 2, 2001
Submitted
November 30, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N73GP
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
127
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Actuator
Part number
543500513
Part serial
027
Condition
Damaged
Location
Horiz Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUND SCREW ASSEMBLY SEIZED AROUND MID RANGE OF TRAVEL AND UNABLE TO MOVE. DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND THE NUT SEIZED ON THE SCREW IN AN AREA WHERE FIVE INDEXED THREADS WERE GALLED AT THE TOP END OF THE NUT. THE GREASE ON THE NUT AND SCREW WAS ADEQUATE. THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE THREADS OUTSIDE THE GALLED AREA WAS GOOD.