Ailerons: March 2020

Editorial Staff

Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 09:54 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Multiple incidents highlighted critical errors in the installation and rigging of flight control surfaces, often occurring during or after maintenance like repainting.
Common maintenance oversights included insufficient lubrication, foreign object debris left inside components, and installation errors that were difficult to visually detect.
Inadequate maintenance records, such as unrecorded work or incorrect/outdated documentation, exacerbated problems and hindered proper resolution.

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