What was found
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND FORWARD FLAP HANDLE MOUNTING BRACKET CRACKED, BRACKET IS LOCATED IN THE TUNNEL AND IS THE MOUNTING POINT FOR THE 2 FORWARD BOLTS FOR THE FLAP HANDLE ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- March 6, 2018
- Submitted
- March 6, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- FQAR173S
Bird Acquisition LLC. - Aircraft
- N430PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843488
- Aircraft time
- 20,601 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bracket
- Part number
- 62679000
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Te Flaps Handle
- Part time
- 1,751 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.