Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 180

Difficulty date
September 28, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 180
Part
Fitting
Condition
Broken
Location
Instrument Panel
Part time
3,486 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT NOTED A DRASTIC LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL. THE RADIO STACK IN THE CENTER OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAD BROKEN AT THE TOP FITTING AND THE STACK FELL INTO THE PANEL. THE ELEVATOR CONTROL THEN GOT STUCK, AS THE TRANSPONDER TRAY WAS RESTRICTING UP TRAVEL. NEW BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED.

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