Service difficulty report · Control Arm · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 8, 2010
Submitted
August 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881VP
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5606018
Aircraft time
658 hours, 450 cycles
Part
Control Arm
Part number
666102127
Condition
Broken
Location
Flt Controls
Part time
658 hours, 450 cycles
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

FOUND CONTROL LOCK SYSTEM PARTIALLY INOPERATIVE ON POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION, FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED LEFT AILERON LOCK ARM BROKEN AT LOCK FEATURE CONTACT AREA. CAUSE OF PART FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. PART APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED OVERLOADING AT CONTACT POINT, RESULTING IN CRACK, DEVELOPING INTO FAILURE OF THE LOCK ARM. (SEE ATTACHMENT).

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