What was found
DEFECTIVE LOCK NUT ON SCREW THAT CONNECTS THE YOLK ASSEMBLY TO THE AILERON ACTUATION BRACKET, CAME APART AFFECTING THE PILOT SIDE AILERON CONTROL.
- Difficulty date
- February 13, 2025
- Submitted
- February 18, 2025
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N50LU
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2424
- Aircraft time
- 1,388 hours, 1 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc IO390A1B6
- Engine time
- 1,388 hours, 1 cycles
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE3YR1
- System (JASC)
- 2701 · Control Column Section
- Part
- Bracket
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 1,388 hours, 1 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.