Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
January 17, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft time
4,980 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Part
Indicator
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Turn And Bank
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON PILOT GETTING TO ACFT TO PERFORM A PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND CHECKS, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE TURN COORDINATOR WAS NOT CENTERED HORIZONTALLY, ACT WAS MOVED TO LEVEL GROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT THE GROUND SURFACE ANGLE. AFTER CHECKS IT WAS FOUND TO BE THE TURN COORDINATOR ITSELF, TURN COORDINATOR R & R WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT, REPLACED UNIT CHECKED SERVICEABLE UPON FUNCTION CHECK.

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