What was found
ROD END BROKE AT POINT OF ATTACHMENT ON SERVO ARM. APPEARS BOLT MAY HAVE BEEN OVER TORQUED AT SOME POINT WHICH CAUSED A STRESS CRACK AND FAILURE OF BOLT AT POINT OF ATTACHMENT. TORQUE BOLT AT TIME OF INSTALLATION. (K)
- Difficulty date
- September 13, 2006
- Submitted
- October 20, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N55068
- Make and model
- Piper PA28R200
- Aircraft serial
- 28R7335176
- Engine
- Lyc IO360C1C
- System (JASC)
- 5100 · Standard Practices/Structures
- Part
- Rod End
- Part number
- 89307000
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Control Cable
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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