Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Piper PA46350P

Difficulty date
November 25, 2004
Submitted
November 25, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA46350P
Aircraft serial
4622184
Aircraft time
1,379 hours, 1,139 cycles
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
8290503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flaps
Part time
1,379 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

BEFORE LANDING, PILOT SELECTED 10 DEGREES FLAPS & ACFT DRIFTED LT. ABORTED LANDING, RAISED FLAPS & DID A GO AROUND THINKING, THAT ONE OF THE MLG HAD NOT COME DOWN. AT THE 2ND ATTEMPT, HAD SAME PROBLEM & REALIZED THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE MLG, BUT THE FLAP SYS. RT FLAP HAD NOT GONE DOWN, RAISED FLAPS AGAIN & LANDED WITHOUT FLAPS. AFTER LDG, A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF FLAPS, NO ABNORMALITIES. AFTER INSP, RT FLAP INBOARD BELLCRANK FOUND CRACKED ABOUT 80% OF CIRCUMFERENCE. OTHER BELLCRANKS OF BOTH FLAPS WERE VISUALLY INSP & NO PROBLEM FOUND. PILOTS STATES, THAT HE & OTHER PILOTS HAVE NEVER LOWERED THE FLAPS AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE ACFT POH.

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