# SDR 4046

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 10, 2004
- Submitted: September 10, 2004
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N122PA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122PA), registered now
- Make and model: Piagio P180
- Aircraft serial: 1038
- Aircraft time: 453 hours, 468 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PT6*
- System (JASC): [2720 · Rudder Control System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2720)
- Part: Rudder Pedal
- Part number: 8011540140102
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Cockpit
- Part time: 453 hours, 568 cycles
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/4046

## Discrepancy

THE RUDDER PEDAL FOOT ASSEMBLIES ARE MADE UP OF A FOOT PEDAL WHICH SLIPS INTO A TUBE AND RIVETED TOGETHER WITH 6 BLIND RIVETS. (FOOT PEDAL IS OFFSET FROM THE TUBE, SO THE PEDAL WANTS TO ROTATE IN THE TUBE WHEN PUSHING FORWARD ON THE PEDAL) THE RIVETS WERE LOOSE IN BOTH PILOT'S AND BOTH COPILOT'S RUDDER PEDAL ASSEMBLIES. TO REPAIR: OLD RIVETS WERE REMOVED, PARTS ASSEMBLED WITH LIGHT COAT OF STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE, AND NEW RIVETS INSTALLED AS RECOMMENDED BY TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

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