Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech C12A

Difficulty date
June 13, 2011
Submitted
June 24, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N121TD
Make and model
Beech C12A
Aircraft serial
7823138
Part
Pin
Part number
10194000019
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Condition Lever
Component
Fuel Control
Component part number
324475522
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AFTER THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, PILOT COULD NOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE BY CONDITION LEVER. INSP FOUDN THE PIVOT PIN HOLDING THE ARM TO THE FUEL CONTROL HAD WORKED OUT WHICH RELEASED THE ARM FROM FUEL CONTROL WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF PILOT CONTROL. SUSPECT THE COTTER PIN ON THE BACK SIDE OF PIVOT PIN WAS NOT INSTALLED AT ENGINE CHANGE.