Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
August 7, 2007
Submitted
September 24, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823GA
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1005
Aircraft time
10,192 hours, 4,497 cycles
Engine
Rroyce TAY6118
Part
Drive Shaft
Condition
Loose
Location
Elevator Trim
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON AUG 7, 2007 UPON LANDING, THE CREW CALLED MAINT AND REPORTED THAT UPON DESCENT FROM 41,000 FT, THEY GOT A FGC1 FAIL MESSAGE ALONG WITH A FWD TRIM LIMIT MESSAGE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TRIM THE AIRCRAFT ELEVATORS. THEY COMPLIED WITH THE AC CHECKLIST TO RESET BOTH MESSAGES WITH NO SUCCESS. THEY DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND MANUALLY LANDED THE AC AT AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. REQUESTED TECH SUPPORT, TECH FOUND THAT HARDWARE ATTACHING THE ELEVATOR TRIM DRIVE SHAFT PILLOW BLOCK HAD LOOSENED CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE OUTPUT SHAFT. THE TECH RESECURED THE HARDWARE AND ATTACHED THE OUTPUT SHAFT TO THE DRIVE INPUT SHAFT. THE TECHNICIAN THEN RIGGED THE ELEVATOR