Service difficulty report · Control Wheel · Dorner DO28*

Difficulty date
December 30, 2015
Submitted
January 6, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N545EF
Make and model
Dorner DO28*
Aircraft serial
3093
Aircraft time
223,478 hours, 25,678 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119C
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Control Wheel
Part number
001A273A1021001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Co-Pilots
Part time
223,478 hours, 25,678 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AFTER INITIAL CLIMB THE CO-PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE NOSE OF THE ACFT FOR CRUISE CLIMB. AS SOON AS FORWARD FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE CONTROL WHEEL THE RT HORN CRACKED AND ARTICULATED FORWARD. CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE F/O WHO MADE DECENT AND IMMEDIATE LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.