Service difficulty report · Spring Pin · Dhav DHC8101

Difficulty date
November 4, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8101
Part
Spring Pin
Part number
MS165626
Condition
Displaced
Location
Steering Tiller
Component
83250032003
Stage of operation
TX
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) IN TAXI, CREW EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO ONE SIDE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SPRING PIN SECURING CCX-A1-10 COUPLING TO STEERING TILLER HAD FALLEN OUT OF POSITION. THE COUPLING IN TURN FELL FROM INSTALLED POSITION AND LANDED ON FLOOR. LOSS OF UNIVERSAL COUPLING WHICH DISCONNECTED THE STEERING TILLER HANDLE FROM THE POTENTIOMETER WAS CAUSE OF STEERING LOSS.