The damage appears to be confined to the trailing edge of
the aileron, so it would be out of trim. But the
reflections and paint otherwise look straight and
unwrinkled. A ferry permit could be issued for such a
condition and an inspection for range of motion, security,
etc signed of by an A mechanic and of course it would be
finally up to the pilot whether to fly. I would not want to
fly it IFR, most ferry permits only allow Day/VFR.

Since the wing looks good at the tip/aileron area, I'd also
want to see the wing attach points since the strength of the
wing and its lever arm would have a lot of force applied to
the spar points. I'd look for wrinkles, cracked paint along
the fuselage. I'd still look that over, just changing the
aileron doesn't complete the inspection.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in
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| "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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| http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/
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| I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend
and a truck
| backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had
a sat phone and
| I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and
swap it for me.
| However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down
seemed to
| think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply
academic point of
| view I"m curious what you guys think.
|
| -Robert
|
| Just looking at the photo, I would have been concerned
about the outer
| attach point for possible post impact misalignment that
might under load
| cause an issue, but that being said, I've flown prop
fighters on ferry
| permits that looked worse off than this.
| The bottom line is that you had a known damaged airframe
and a take off
| decision to make that involved a go/no go without looking
inside the aileron
| for hidden damage.
| If the guys that won't be in the airplane are right, and
you don't have a
| problem, you're gold. If on the other hand, if the guys
not going in the
| airplane are wrong, and you do have a
problem.........well......they're not
| in the airplane......and you might be dead!
| My decision would have been to have it looked at before I
flew it out.
| Dudley Henriques
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