Service difficulty report · Roller · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
January 19, 2007
Submitted
May 1, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
13,240 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Roller
Part number
99160011
Condition
Worn
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
AP
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) PILOT REPORTED INTERFERENCE WITH AILERON CONTROL UPON APPROACH WHEN FLAPS WERE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RT OB FLAP IB HINGE ATTACH BRACKET, PN 35-165050-31, FAILED AT THE AFT ROLLER ASSY ATTACH AREA. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE OPPOSITE ATTACH BRACKET TO FAIL. THIS CAUSED THE IB AFT AREA OF THE FLAP TO MOVE FREELY AND CHANGE THE NORMAL ATTITUDE OF THE FLAP CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE IB RT AILERON SKIN. THE HINGE ATTACH BRACKET FAILED FROM THE AFT ROLLER ASSY, P/N 99-160011, WEARING INTO THE HINGE ATTACH BRACKET. INSPECTED ALL OTHER HINGE ATTACH AREAS AND FOUND SIMILAR WEAR IN OTHER AFT ROLLER ATTACH LOCATIONS. THE ROLLER ASSEMBLY, PN 99-16001