KANSAS CITY AVIATION CENTER, INC.

Operated by KANSAS CITY AVIATION CENTER INC (per NTSB report)

RUDDER TRIM RUNAWAY NOSE RIGHT, EXPERIENCED ON CLIMB OUT WITH AUTOPILOT ENGAGED. PERFORMED AFM EMERGENCY PROCEDURE 3.14.2 TRIM RUNAWAY.

FOUND NOSE GEAR STEERING LIMIT INDICATING BRACKET, PN 532.20.12.310 CRACKED FWD OF THE MOUNTING HOLES. THIS IS THE 5TH BRACKET, ALL ON DIFFERENT ACFT, THAT WE HAVE FOUND CRACKED. ALL THE AFFECTED ACFT WERE EQUIPED WITH THE LED NOSE TAXI LIGHT ASSY, PN 972.87.69.421. ACFT WITH THE ORIGINAL INCANDESCENT LIGHT ARE NOT AFFECTED. BRACKETS HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS. BRACKET, PN 532.20.12.310 IS A NON-STRUCTURAL PART.

IN CRUISE FLIGHT FL250, SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE CABIN AREA. THE PILOT DIVERTED FROM THE INTENDED ROUTE AND LANDED. ON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AUX CABIN HEATER WIRING FOR THE HEATING ELEMENT (INTERNAL TO THE UNIT) INSULATION WAS SMOKING. THE HEATER UNIT WAS R & R. THE ORIGINAL HEATER UNIT WAS RETURNED TO THE MFG FOR EVALUATION. THE AUX CABIN HEATER RELAY WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION AND WAS ALSO RETURNED TO THE MFG FOR EVALUATION. A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE SYS WAS PERFORMED FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OF HEATER AND RELAY. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

AFTER LANDING, STRUT WAS FOUND WITH SNAP-RING, WASHER AND BEARING ASSY HAVING FALLEN FROM WITHIN TRUNNION HOUSING. STRUT WAS COCKED TO THE OUTSIDE. NO FLUID OR AIR PRESSURE PRESENT. REMOVED STRUT ASSY AND FOUND SCORE MARK INSIDE TRUNNION. RESEARCHED LOG BOOKS AND FOUND NO ENTRIES OF MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT WORK.