SDR 96ZZZX2905

Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Sukhoi SU29

Difficulty date
March 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N729SU
Make and model
Sukhoi SU29
Aircraft serial
7804
Part
Bellcrank
Condition
Bolt Missng
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
AB
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ALNOT ISSUED ON A SINGLE ENGINE SUKHOI SU-29 WHEN 3 HRS OVERDUE. ALNOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OVER AN AEROBATICS PRACTICE AREA. ACFT HAD CRASHED, FATALLY INJURING PILOT AND DESTROYING ACFT. DURING EXAMINATION OF REMNANTS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, A BELLCRANK WAS FND WITH UPPER ATTACHING HOLES SHOWING NO VISIBLE DEFORMATION AND NO VISIBLE BENDING OF THE EARS, ATTACH BOLT AND ROD END WERE MISSING. BELLCRANK ONLY ITEM IN ELEVATOR OR AILERON CONTROL SYS THAT DID NOT DISPLAY SOME IMPACT DAMAGE. BELLCRANK REMOVED AND SENT TO NTSB LAB FOR EXAMINATION, PRELIMINARY REPORT INDICATES ALTHOUGH A BOLT HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT ONE TIME, NO INDICATION A BOLT WAS INSTALLED AT TIME OF IMPACT.

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