Service difficulty report · Torque Tube · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
January 4, 2011
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9991B
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft serial
172RG1110
Aircraft time
6,895 hours
Engine
Lyc O360F1A6
Engine time
5,037 hours
Part
Torque Tube
Part number
24670012
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rudder Control
Part time
6,895 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, WITH CROSSWIND, THE ACFT DRIFTED RT. HARD LT RUDDER WAS APPLIED BY BOTH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR AT WHICH TIME A "POP" WAS HEARD/FELT. ACFT CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED WITH BRAKING AND NOSE STEERING. INSP REVEALED A CRACK IN THE RT RUDDER TORQUE TUBE. THIS CRACK IS LOCATED JUST LT OF THE SECTOR GEAR/TRIM-STEERING BUNGEE ATTACH POINT, WITH THE TORQUE TUBE LOCATED IN THE CTR FLOOR SECTION, FWD OF THE CTR CONSOLE. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN THE RT AND LT TORQUE TUBE SECTOR GEARS MOVING OUT OF UNISON AND ALLOWED LOSS OF TENSION IN THE RUDDER CONTROL CABLES.

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