Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Librty LIBERTYXL2

Difficulty date
June 13, 2011
Submitted
June 13, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N647XL
Make and model
Librty LIBERTYXL2
Aircraft serial
117
Aircraft time
947 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Engine time
947 hours
Part
Attach Fitting
Condition
Damaged
Location
Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WING MOVEMENT FOUND IN 3 ACFT DURING INSPECTION. MEASUREMENT OF THE AFT ATTACH LUG FOUND SIGNIFICANT ELONGATION OF THE AFT WING ATTACH LUG ON THE SPACE FRAME AT THE 0 AND 180 DEGREE POSITIONS. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IMPROPER REAMING AND FREQUENT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION WERE THE CAUSE OF THE WEAR. THE RESOLUTION WAS A CNCR DATED 5 OCT 2010. THE AFT ATTACH FITTING WAS REAMED TO A LARGER SIZE AND A NEW OVERSIZE WING LOCK PIN WAS INSTALLED. ROUGHLY 200HRS TT LATER THE AFT ATTACH FITTINGS OF 3 AIRCRAFT ARE AGAIN MOVING AND THE WEAR IS LOCATED AT THE SAME POSITIONS. THE WINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND INSTALLED ONCE IN THIS TIMEFRAME. ALL ACFT ARE INVOLVED IN FLIGHT TRAINING.