Service difficulty report · Rod End Bearing · Kamov KA32A1

Difficulty date
February 22, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Kamov KA32A1
Aircraft time
15,957 hours
Engine
Klimov TB3117BMA
Part
Rod End Bearing
Condition
Broken
Location
Pedal
Part time
6,431 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN AFTER PERFORMING A BRIEF GND RUN & SHUTDOWN WITH NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG, THE PILOT & ENGINEER WERE WALKING AROUND THE TAIL OF THE ACFT, THEY NOTICED THE RUDDERS AT FULL RT DEFLECTION, THE PILOT HAD LEFT THE PEDALS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THIS PROMPTED THEM TO CONFIRM & UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION A THREADED ROD END BEARING WAS FOUND BROKEN DIRECTLY BEHIND THE JAM NUT AT THE PEDAL INPUT TO THE PC-60F.