What was found
SPOILER ACTUATOR ROD END BROKEN AT PISTON END AND EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL FAILURE. '2ND OCCURRENCE'. APPEARED TO BREAK AT END OF THREAD. PROBABLY OVERTORQUED.
- Difficulty date
- January 6, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N404PA
- Make and model
- Boeing 707321
- Aircraft serial
- 18835
- System (JASC)
- 2761 · Drag Control Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 65233494
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Spoiler
- Part time
- 630 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.