Service difficulty report · Drive Gear · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
January 5, 2016
Submitted
January 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N72
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF7
Aircraft time
13,723 hours, 7,401 cycles
Part
Drive Gear
Condition
Loose
Location
Trim Wheel
Stage of operation
TO
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

AN INFLIGHT OUT OF TRIM SITUATION WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS, AN EXCESSIVE NOSE UP PITCH, ON TAKEOFF REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE ACTION. FOUND THE BRASS DRIVE GEAR LOOSE ON THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL. THIS RESULTED IN THE TRIM POSITION INDICATING DIAL SLIPPING DURING TRIM WHEEL OPERATION & GIVING A FALSE INDICATION OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB POSITION. MX SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SLIPPAGE, BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL & THE DIAL ASSEMBLY. A MX ADVISORY CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CHECK FOR & CORRECT THIS HAS BEEN ISSUED.