SDR 96ZZZX5479

Service difficulty report · Spar Assy · Piper PA18150

Difficulty date
September 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2561N
Make and model
Piper PA18150
Aircraft serial
188009038
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Spar Assy
Part number
6071417
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Ail
Part time
3,314 hours
Component
6071403
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

FOUND THE SPAR CRACKED ON RT AILERON PN 60 714-03 AT CENTER HORN AND HINGE ASSY AT THE SPAR ATTACH. SUSPECT FAULT LIES IN DESIGN AS THE AILERON SPAR WAS CUT OUT BY FACTORY ON THE OTBD EDGES OF THE 'U' CHANNGEL SPAR TO ACCOMMODATE THE AILERON HORN ASSY. THIS WEAKENS SPAR AND CONTRIBUTES TO CRACKS. CAN ONLY BE DETECTED IN EARLY STAGES BY DRILLING OFF THE HINGE ASSY PN 41891-00 AND INSPECTING THE SPAR.

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