What was found
(CAN) CRACK FOUND ON PEDESTAL BULKHEAD BS 90.5. CRACK ON RUDDER PEDAL TORQUE TUBE ATTACH POINT. RUDDER TUBE MOVEMENT CAUSED RUDDER TENSION TO BE LESS AND RUDDER CABLES TO BE LOOSE. REPAIRED PEDESTAL BULKHEAD, PN: 43179-000.
- Difficulty date
- January 2, 2013
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Piper PA31
- Aircraft time
- 19,259 hours
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540A2C
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE3YR2
- System (JASC)
- 2720 · Rudder Control System
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 43179000
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Station 90 5
- Part time
- 19,040 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.