# SDR 2005FA0000947

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 30, 2005
- Submitted: June 30, 2005
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N4530F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4530F), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna A185E
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1851015
- System (JASC): [3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3220)
- Part: Collar
- Condition: Missing
- Location: Tail Wheel
- Stage of operation: LD
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0000947

## Discrepancy

THE AIRPLANE GROUNDLOOPED.  DISASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL-LOCKING COLLAR WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY.  ALSO, THE STEERING NOTCH ON THE TAILWHEEL STEERING ARM WAS WORN SO THAT A LIGHT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE BY HAND WOULD ALLOW THE TAILWHEEL TO BE TURNED ABOUT ITS STEERING AXIS.  THE MISSING LOCKING COLLAR WAS NOT APPARENT UNTIL THE TAILWHEEL WAS DISASSEMBLED.

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