Service difficulty report · Tube · Piper PA46500TP

Difficulty date
November 12, 2018
Submitted
January 22, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N19CX
Make and model
Piper PA46500TP
Aircraft serial
4697077
Engine
Pwa PT6A42
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Tube
Part number
85077002
Condition
Broken
Location
Flap Push Rod
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF FROM KEDC, SELECTED GEAR AND FLAPS UP. AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING TO THE LEFT HAVING TO USE FULL AILERON TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT, AT THIS POINT PILOT NOTICED RIGHT FLAP WAS DEPLOYED AND LEFT FLAP UP. SELECTED FLAPS DOWN AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL ON AIRCRAFT. THEN SELECTED FLAPS UP, THIS TIME BOTH FLAPS CAME UP. CONTINUED FLIGHT TO KMFE WITHOUT USING FLAPS THRU THE FLIGHT, ONCE ON THE GROUND, SELECTED FLAPS DOWN AND UP, LEFT FLAP WENT DOWN AND UP, RIGHT FLAP WENT DOWN BUT DID NOT RETRACT ANY MORE. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT SIDE FLAP PUSH ROD TUBE BROKEN AT WELDING JUNCTION (ROD END ATTACHMENT).

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