What was found
RUDDER TORQUE TUBE ASSY BROKE AT POINT WHERE BELCRANK IS ATTACHED TO TORQUE TUBE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
- Difficulty date
- June 29, 2011
- Submitted
- July 15, 2011
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N9212V
- Make and model
- Mooney M20F
- Aircraft serial
- 690057
- Engine
- Lyc IO360A1A
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC2YK1
- System (JASC)
- 2720 · Rudder Control System
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 720005501
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rudder
- Part time
- 5,050 hours
- 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.