SDR 98ZZZX3446

Service difficulty report · Nut · Piper PA60600

Difficulty date
August 14, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N699RF
Make and model
Piper PA60600
Aircraft serial
600169074
Part
Nut
Part number
980014001
Condition
Loose
Location
Control Pedal
Part time
9,108 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

JAM NUT HOLDING YOKE TO PEDAL BACKED OFF LETTING SHAFT ROTATE AND COME APART. WHEN ROD END (YOKE) CAME OFF OF BRAKE ACTUATOR, BRAKING ACTION WAS LOST ON LEFT BRAKE. PILOT WAS ABLE TO PARK AIRCRAFT USING STEERING AND LOWER POWER FOR TAXI. RETURN SPRING, YOKE, AND JAM NUT WERE RE-INSTALLED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.