Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 2, 2012
Submitted
January 9, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N550CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605551
Aircraft time
6,176 hours, 4,395 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Part number
66600031
Condition
Broken
Location
Elevator Trim
Part time
6,176 hours, 4,395 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DESCENDING, BOTH ELECTRIC AND MANUAL ELEVATOR TRIM BECAME INOPERATIVE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUND THE LT AFT ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE BROKEN. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED, SYS RIGGED AND OPS CHECK WAS SUCCESSFUL. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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