Service difficulty report · Mount · Airtrc AT802

Difficulty date
March 28, 2023
Submitted
March 28, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N870LA
Make and model
Airtrc AT802
Aircraft serial
8020270
Aircraft time
1,231 hours, 3,047 cycles
Part
Mount
Part number
701091
Part serial
NA
Condition
Interference
Location
Cockpit
Part time
1,231 hours, 3,047 cycles
Component
Rudder Pedal Mo · Airtrc
Component part number
701091
Stage of operation
AG
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

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION ON ONE OF OUR TWO SEAT AIR TRACTORS, WHILE CLEANING INTERIOR OF AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE TO REAR SEAT MASTER CYLINDERS WAS DISCOVERED. UPON ACTUATION OF RUDDER PEDAL, THE MASTER CYLINDER ON EITHER REAR PEDAL CONTACTS THE SAME SIDE RUDDER PEDAL MOUNT ASSY.. MASTER CYLINDER HAS 3/16" DEEP, 1 1/2" LONG GROOVE IN THE BODY OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT THE MASTER CYLINDERS. I SEE NO WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING OTHER THAN WRAPPING THE RUDDER PEDAL SUPPORT ARM WITH RUBBER TUBING WHICH AT FULL TRAVEL WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER.