SDR 97ZZZX2929

Service difficulty report · Rudder · Cessna U206F

Difficulty date
June 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8146Q
Make and model
Cessna U206F
Aircraft serial
U20603097
Part
Rudder
Part number
12310349
Condition
Misrigged
Location
Empennage
Part time
1,665 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED THE SEAPLANE-TYPE RUDDER WOULD CONTACT THE ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY WHEN BOTH SURFACES WERE POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY HALF THEIR TRAVEL. ELEVATOR TRAVEL WAS DETERMINED TO BE CORRECT. BECAUSE A SEAPLANE-TYPE RUDDER WAS INSTALLED, RIGGING OF THE RUDDER WAS REFERENCED THROUGH THE CESSNA 206 SM. THE SM MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN RIGGING A STANDARD RUDDER AS OPPOSED TO A SEAPLANE RUDDER.

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