SDR 95ZZZX2279

Service difficulty report · Bearing · Piper PA60601

Difficulty date
March 31, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7529S
Make and model
Piper PA60601
Aircraft serial
600566796118
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Bearing
Part number
452742
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Outbd Aileron
Part time
3,226 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.

What was found

DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, OUTBOARD AILERON BEARING BRACKET APPEARED TO HAVE WORKING RIVETS. REMOVAL OF THE BRACKET REVEALED CRACKS IN THE RIB IN TWO OF THE RIVET HOLES. IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT THE BEARING WAS A SOLID ROLLER AND NOT A SPHERICAL BEARING LIKE THE INBOARD AND CENTER BEARINGS CAUSING A ROTATION OF THE RIB SINCE THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE AILERON IS NOT PERPENDICULAR TO THE RIB WHICH IS CAUSING CRACKS IN THE RIB. INSTALLING A SPHERICAL BEARING NR 452-745 LIKE USED IN THE OTHER BEARING HINGE BRACKETS REMOVES THE TWISTING MOTION BY ALMOST 100 PERCENT.