Service difficulty report · Control Quadrant · Vikair DHC6400

Difficulty date
May 27, 2019
Submitted
May 28, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N153QS
Make and model
Vikair DHC6400
Aircraft serial
869
Aircraft time
1,156 hours, 1,170 cycles
Part
Control Quadrant
Part number
C6CF1018S101
Condition
Loose
Location
Rudder
Part time
128 hours, 143 cycles
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

THE QUADRANT ON RUDDER TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE TUBE AND THE QUADRANT. UPON LAST INSTALLATION A INDEX LINE WAS PLACED ON THE TUBE AND QUADRANT. WITH THE GUST LOCK ON AND THE RUDDER PEDALS MOVED BY AN INDIVIDUAL THERE WAS MOVEMENT OF THE TUBE IN THE QUADRANT NOTED BY THE INDEX LINE SEPARATING.