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AD/CESSNA 185/38 Amdt 1 - Rudder Pedal Torque Tube

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Owners/operators of Cessna 185 aircraft fitted with early-design rudder pedal torque tubes (P/N 0760012) must visually inspect those tubes for cracks at the welded joints before the next Maintenance Release after 30 April 1984 and each time a new Maintenance Release is issued. This targets the early parts known to fail in flight (causing loss of rudder and braking control) and excludes later reinforced designs.

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AD/CESSNA 185/38 Amdt 1 - Rudder Pedal Torque Tube

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Cessna 185 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 185/38

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Rudder Pedal Torque Tube 2/85

Applicability: All models fitted with early design rudder pedal torque tubes P/N 0760012 - (all dash numbers).

Requirement: Visually inspect the rudder pedal torque tubes for cracking in the vicinity of the welded joints between the torque tube and the pedal arm spigots.

Compliance: Prior to issue of the next Maintenance Release after 30 April 1984, and thereafter at each issue of a new Maintenance Release.

Background: Several failures of rudder pedal torque tubes have occurred in Cessna 185 aircraft causing loss of rudder and braking control.

This Directive has been amended to restrict inspections to early design P/N 0760012 rudder pedal torque tubes. These are the only ones known to have failed in service. Later designs incorporated welded reinforcement straps at the pedal arm attachments.

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