Service difficulty report · Pulley · Cessna 172N

Difficulty date
January 4, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N75803
Make and model
Cessna 172N
Aircraft serial
17267962
Part
Pulley
Condition
Separated
Location
Aleron
Part time
5,400 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE REPLACING AILERON PUSH/PULL ROD, SLACKNESS IN AILERON CABLE LED TO DISCOVERY THAT AILERON PULLEY, P/N S378-4 (LOCATED UPPER STARBOARD POSITION IN REAR DOORPOST BULKHEAD ASSY), WAS NO LONGER BOLTED IN POSITION. NUT HAD WORKED OFF BOLT, BOLT HAD BACKED OUT OF PULLEY, AND PULLEY HAD FALLEN OUT OF POSITION. INSTALLED PULLEY BOLT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE AN4-14A RATHER THAN SPECIFIED AN4-15A. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED BOLT FACTORY INSTALLED.

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