Service difficulty report · Spring · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
April 8, 2001
Submitted
May 11, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft time
5,940 hours
Engine
Lyc O320E2D
Propeller
Mcauly 1C160DTM
Part
Spring
Part number
03101965
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) LT RUDDER AND BRAKE PEDAL RETURN SPRING P/N 0310196-5 BECAME DISLODGED FROM FRONT ANCHOR POINT BRACKET P/N 510128 IN FORWARD CENTRE TUNNEL ASSEMBLY P/N 0591301-11.THIS ALLOWED THE LEFT BRAKE & RUDDER PEDAL TO MOVE FULL FWD. THE PEDALS WOULD NOT RETURN TO NEUTRAL POSITION. ALSO NO LEFT BRAKE WAS AVAILABLE DUE TO ANGLE OF PEDALS.BY ROLLING THE SPRING P/N 0310196-5, ONE EIGHTY DEGREES & HOOKING IT OUT THROUGH BRACKET P/N 0510128 INSTEAD OF IN THROUGH THE BRACKET WOULD PREVENT THE SPRINGS P/N 0310196-3 L/H AND P/N 0310196-12 FROM BECOMING DISLODGED. BY DOING THIS THE GEOMENTRY OF THE SPRINGS ARE NOT ALTERED.NO EVIDENCE OF WEAR WAS VISIBLE ON ANY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED PARTS.

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