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Almost had a crach due to a failure of my original control wheel on my new refurbished 175A. It happen on final with left hand on yoke and right hand on the trottle. The wheel snap (one shot) and almost lose control while landing. Happy result, safely on the ground and 2 days later i change both yokes icture under my galery
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QUOTE (Norman Vanasse @ Jul 4 2010, 02:21 AM) 
Almost had a crach due to a failure of my original control wheel on my new refurbished 175A. It happen on final with left hand on yoke and right hand on the trottle. The wheel snap (one shot) and almost lose control while landing. Happy result, safely on the ground and 2 days later i change both yokes icture under my galery
icture under my galeryThe original control wheels on many Cessna were plastic. There is an inspection AD.
I have the plastic wheels but came upon some made out of some sort of metal.
Had the same thing happen to me in a 1963 C210 while I was on short final. Was interesting for about a second.
QUOTE (Clay Story @ Jul 4 2010, 12:22 AM)
The original control wheels on many Cessna were plastic. There is an inspection AD.
I have the plastic wheels but came upon some made out of some sort of metal.
Had the same thing happen to me in a 1963 C210 while I was on short final. Was interesting for about a second.
I have the plastic wheels but came upon some made out of some sort of metal.
Had the same thing happen to me in a 1963 C210 while I was on short final. Was interesting for about a second.
you'al need to get rid of the DEATH GRIP on these yokes.....
The plastic control columns can be very dangerous, then. I am glad you made it through Norman. I have the aluminum control yokes in my 59 175.
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