Service difficulty report · Knob · Cessna 182Q

Difficulty date
May 25, 1997
Submitted
April 10, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4673N
Make and model
Cessna 182Q
Aircraft serial
18266848
Aircraft time
1,100 hours
Part
Knob
Condition
Backed Out
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,100 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CLIMBING VFR OUT OF KLAS, NOTED VVI AND AIRSPEED INDICATING ZERO, AND ALTIMITER FROZEN. PULLED ALTERNATE STATIC KNOB AND INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. AFTER LANDING, FOUND RUBBER TRIM PIECE AROUND ALTERNATE STATIC KNOB HAD COME UNGLUED FROM METAL MOUNTING BRACKET. THIS TRIM HUNG ON THE KNOB UNTIL IT VIBRATED THE KNOB OUT TO AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION THAT BLOCKED BOTH STATIC SOURCES. THE LOOSE TRIM DID NOT INTERFERE WITH ALTERNATE STATIC USE, BUT IF THE KNOB WAS PUSHED BACK IN, THE TRIM WOULD VIBRATE THE KNOB BACK OUT. HAD MECHANIC SECURE TRIM PIECE.

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