"DonMorrisey" wrote in message ups.com...
:
: WERE (because it's probably a moot point now) the hinges and alieron
: actuation mechanism TIGHT (or maybe a little sloppy)?
:
: Well, I actually never saw the airplane. My firiend says they were
: tight but who knows, he also didn't realize the bolts in the brackets
: were too far down from the bend in the spar flange, so I can't really
: say.
:
: He was surprised that the aileron and nothing associated with it had
: any damage. That's what led him to his conclusion that the washout had
: something to do with it.
:
: Don...
:

the aileron & linkage could be stout and break the wing without any damage visible.