Service difficulty report · Card · Cessna 208

Difficulty date
April 20, 2004
Submitted
October 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208
Aircraft time
709 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Card
Condition
Broken
Location
Directional Gyro
Component
Gyro · Cessna
Component part number
C6610530101
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) THE CO-PILOT'S DIRECTIONAL GYRO WAS RECENTLY REPLACED WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED OVERHAULED INSTRUMENT. UPON COMPLAINT FROM PILOT, THE INSTRUMENT WAS HARD TO SET, A FUNCTIONAL TEST WAS COMPLETED. IT WAS FOUND THAT PUSHING THE KNOB IN AND TURNING IT DID NOT ROTATE THE CARD WITH EASE. FOUND THAT IT TOOK ABNORMALLY GREAT AMOUNT OF INWARD PRESSURE WHILE TURNING THE KNOB TO GET ANY MOVEMENT OF THE CARD ESPECIALLY IN THE CLOCKWISE ROTATION. THE INSTRUMENT HAS ONLY 37.6 HOURS AND 34 CYCLES SINCE OVERHAUL.

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