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Control Knob

2 failure reports named the control knob in the last ten years, 6 since 1997, most often on the Airbus A321; the condition most often found was "inoperative". 5 FAA approvals let 3 companies make a replacement control knob, Measure Tech INC holding the most (2).

Reports by year

0001111997111112019
Reports by year, as a table
reports
19971
20041
20071
20111
20171
20191

Models most often reporting it last ten years

Models most reported, as a table
reports
Airbus A3211
Boeing 7371

How it failed the condition found, last ten years

inoperative1malfunctioned1
Conditions found, as a table
reports
inoperative1
malfunctioned1

Approved replacement parts 5 parts manufacturer approvals

A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a control knob and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a control knob:

For these models most: Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R (1), Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche (1), Piper PA-24 Comanche (1), Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 (1).

MakerPartReplacesFitsGrantedStatus
Measure Tech INCControl Knob A2000407MTA2000407De Havilland... DHC-8-400 Series2025-09-08current
Measure Tech INCControl Knob A2000407MTA2000407De Havilland... DHC-8-400 Series2023-07-11current
Ametek Ameron, LLC D/B/A Mass SystemsControl Knob M150-900-027150-900-027De Havilland... Bombardier) (DHC-8-300 Series2020-05-17current
Ametek Ameron, LLC D/B/A Mass SystemsControl Knob M150-900-027150-900-027Boeing McDonnell Douglas) (DC-10-40,...2019-05-08current
B & B AirpartsControl Knob BB571-045Piper 571-045 (also known as 24049-000)Piper PA30, PA39, PA24-260C1998-11-29current

Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.