SDR 98ZZZX4067

Service difficulty report · Flap Roller · Piper PA30

Difficulty date
September 30, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7774Y
Make and model
Piper PA30
Aircraft serial
30860
Part
Flap Roller
Part number
2634300
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Flap Track
Part time
50 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT HAD NYLON FLAP ROLLERS INSTALLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT FLAPS FROM BINDING AND CAUSING AN ASYMMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION DURING RETRACTION. PIPER SL 595 ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM. ROLLER INSTALLED APPROX 50 HRS AGO, P/N 26343-00. BOTH STEEL ROLLER P/N 14976-73 AND THE NYLON ROLLER P/N 26343-00 REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF BUSHING P/N 14976-72. THE NEW NYLON ROLLERS WERE INSTALLED WITHOUT THESE BUSHINGS AND THIS CAUSED FLAP ROLLERS TO NOT TURN AND ALLOWED FLAP TO RATTLE IN FLAP TRACK.

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