Service difficulty report · Cable · Cirrus SR20

Difficulty date
December 12, 2011
Submitted
December 22, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N938R
Make and model
Cirrus SR20
Aircraft serial
1219
Aircraft time
1,291 hours
Part
Cable
Condition
Binding
Location
Rt Mlg Brake
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

SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNUAL INSP, THE OWNER REPORTED THAT OCCASIONALLY AFTER APPLYING RUDDER DURING TAXI, THE RT WHEEL BRAKE WOULD BE APPLIED, CAUSING THE ACFT TO STEER IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE CASTER TYPE NOSE WHEEL. UPON INVESTIGATION BY MX, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PARK BRAKE CABLE WAS ROUTED NEAR THE RUDDER PEDAL RETURN SPRING. WHEN RUDDDER WAS APPLIED, THE SPRING STRETCHED, ALLOWING A GAP FOR THE PARK BRAKE CABLE TO FALL INTO. WHEN THE RUDDER WAS RELEASED, THE SPRING CAPTURED THE PARK BRAKE CABLE WHICH ESSENTIALLY APPLIED THE BRAKE TO THAT SIDE. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT INVOLVED WITH THIS EVENT. MX REPORTED THAT THIS CABLE, SPRING AND PANEL HAD NOT BEEN DISTURBED DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.

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