SDR 98ZZZX3236

Service difficulty report · Control Rod · Bbavia 7GCB

Difficulty date
June 4, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N912CP
Make and model
Bbavia 7GCB
Aircraft serial
165
Part
Control Rod
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Brake
Stage of operation
TX
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 AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FROM THE FRONT SEAT WITH 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AND GROUND LOOPED. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RT FORWARD BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE CONTROL ROD ATTACHMENT POINT LOCATED ON THE RT AFT PEDAL, BROKE OFF. 'BOTH RT PEDALS ARE INTERCONNECTED BY A CONTROL ROD'. THE AFT BRAKE PEDAL APPEARS TO HAVE PREVIOUS STRESS TYPE CRACKS WHERE THE CONTROL ROD ATTACHES AND ON THE PEDAL PIVOT END.