Service difficulty report · Channel · Piper PA23

Difficulty date
April 20, 2001
Submitted
May 25, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA23
Aircraft time
4,203 hours
Part
Channel
Part number
1712124
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
4,221 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) DURING ANNUAL 100 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE TAIL AREA, NOTICED THAT THE CHANNEL THAT SUPPORTS THE LOWER RUDDER SUPPORT AND RUDDER STOP BRACKET WAS CRACKED. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE RUDDER BEING FORCED HARD AGAINST THE RUDDER STOPS BY WIND.

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