What was found
BEARING OUTER RACE ON LOWER CONTROL YOKE ASSY BECAME LOOSE AND ROTATED, CAUSING FWD AND AFT PLAY IN THE ELEVATOR MOVEMENTS FELT IN THE YOKE.
- Difficulty date
- February 13, 2014
- Submitted
- February 13, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N540ND
- Make and model
- Cessna 172S
- Aircraft serial
- 172S10984
- Aircraft time
- 3,507 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO360L2A
- Engine time
- 1,535 hours
- Propeller
- Mcauly 1A170E
- System (JASC)
- 2701 · Control Column Section
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- MS276454G
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Yoke
- Part time
- 3,507 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.