What was found
(CAN) THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AILERON MOVEMENT WAS ROUGH AND WAS MAKING A ROUGH SOUND. MAINTENANCE FOUND A ROUGH BEARING IN THE AILERON TORQUE TUBE HOUSING SUPPORT. THE BEARINGS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- May 2, 2000
- Submitted
- January 19, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Swrngn SA227AC
- Aircraft time
- 25,984 hours
- Propeller
- Rotol R321482F8
- System (JASC)
- 2710 · Aileron Control System
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- KP16B
- Condition
- Rough
- Location
- Aileron
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.