SDR 97ZZZX180

Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Piper PA28R201

Difficulty date
December 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N40024
Make and model
Piper PA28R201
Aircraft serial
28R7737128
Part
Stiffener
Part number
6797202
Condition
Missing
Location
Nlg Well
Part time
2,472 hours
Component
76436000
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORT NO DWN AND LK IND FOR THE NLG. THE ACFT INTO THE SHOP FOR AN INSP OF THE NLG TO ID DIFFICULTY. FOUND THAT THE STRUCT ABOVE THE NLG ACT ATTACH BRKT; PN 67271-800 WAS PUSHED UP APPROX .25 INCH AND IT BUCKLED THE WELL ASSY IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT ALLOWED THE DWN AND LK SW TO NOT MAKE CONTACT. THE SUSPECT CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE IS THE COMBINATION OF THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE NLG ACT IN THE UP POSIT AND LACK OF ADEQUATE STRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. THIS ACT ATTACH ALSO DOUBLES AS THE FWD JACK POINT AND COULD HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY REPEATED USE. UPON FURTHER INVEST, IT WAS FOUND THAT A STIFFENER WAS MISSING FROM WELL ASSEMBLY; PN 76436-000, AS PER FIG 8, ITEM 47, PG 1B15 OF THE PTS MAN.

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