What was found
AT ANNUAL INSPECTION FOUND CONTROL COLUMN NEGATOR SPRING BROKEN 6 INCHES FROM ATTACH BOLT. PART APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR MANY YEARS. ON THIS AIRCRAFT, IT SHOWED CONTROL COLUMN BINDING WHEN THE COLUMN IS PUSHED FORWARD.
- Difficulty date
- March 29, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N5157Y
- Make and model
- Piper PA23250
- Aircraft serial
- 272196
- System (JASC)
- 2701 · Control Column Section
- Part
- Negator
- Part number
- 1689100
- Condition
- Spring Broken
- Location
- Control Column
- Part time
- 5,250 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.