Service difficulty report · Ball End · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
June 21, 2013
Submitted
June 24, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500055
Aircraft time
12,879 hours, 8,056 cycles
Part
Ball End
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

ON LANDING, AROUND 80 KTS, LOST ALL NOSEWHEEL STEERING. ACFT PULLED RIGHT THEN TURNED LEFT HAD TO USE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING TO KEEP ACFT ON RUNWAY. FOUND THE ROD END OF BALL SWIVEL HAD COME OFF. BALL SWIVEL ALSO ATTACHES TO CONTROL ASSY POWER STEERING DRIVE CABLE. REMOVED CABLE MOUNTING BRACKET, REMOVED CABLE SWIVEL AND SPRING. INSTALLED NEW SPRING AND INSTALLED CABLE ASSY.

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