Service difficulty report · Master Link · Found FBA2C

Difficulty date
November 24, 2006
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Found FBA2C
Part
Master Link
Part number
N025
Condition
Defective
Location
Aileron Control
Part time
31 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING FIGHT ID 2C3-30 THE MASTER LINK (N025) FELL OFF THE COPILOT’S AILERON CHAIN CAUSING A LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL FROM THE COPILOT’S SIDE. THE FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER WAS ABLE TO COLLECT ALL THE PIECES FROM THE MASTER LINK DURING THE FLIGHT HOLD AND THE CHAIN FROM JAMMING THE AILERON CONTROL FOR THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY AND LAND THE AC SAFELY WITHOUT USING THE AILERONS. THE AC IS AN EXPERIMENTAL AC IN A FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM, THIS MODEL USES THE SAME AILERON CONTROL SYS AS THE 2C1 AND 2C2 MODELS. BEING THE MFG WE HAVE INITIATED A MATERIAL REVIEW AND WILL BE ISSUING A SB. (TC NR 20061129003)

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