Elevator trim out of adjustment.

Attributes
ACN	287778
Time
Date	199410
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	287778
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The night before flight I worked on a write-up on aircraft parking brake sticking and elevator trim panel switch light would not work, so I work on the brake handle and found the trim panel switch was hitting the switch preventing the switch to operate. Put them back together and everything operated fine. The next flight had a nose up elevator trim attitude and the company is saying I removed the elevator trim wheel to cause this problem but I did not at anytime remove the elevator trim wheel but outstation maintenance worked on the problem the day before on the same write-up. So I think outstation maintenance performed maintenance on this system, but I did not perform maintenance on the elevator trim wheel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ELEVATOR TRIM OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

Narrative: THE NIGHT BEFORE FLT I WORKED ON A WRITE-UP ON ACFT PARKING BRAKE STICKING AND ELEVATOR TRIM PANEL SWITCH LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK, SO I WORK ON THE BRAKE HANDLE AND FOUND THE TRIM PANEL SWITCH WAS HITTING THE SWITCH PREVENTING THE SWITCH TO OPERATE. PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING OPERATED FINE. THE NEXT FLT HAD A NOSE UP ELEVATOR TRIM ATTITUDE AND THE COMPANY IS SAYING I REMOVED THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL TO CAUSE THIS PROB BUT I DID NOT AT ANYTIME REMOVE THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL BUT OUTSTATION MAINT WORKED ON THE PROB THE DAY BEFORE ON THE SAME WRITE-UP. SO I THINK OUTSTATION MAINT PERFORMED MAINT ON THIS SYS, BUT I DID NOT PERFORM MAINT ON THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.