Spring Plate
No failure report names the spring plate. 5 FAA approvals let 4 companies make a replacement spring plate, Balloonacy LTD LLC holding the most (2).
Approved replacement parts 5 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a spring plate and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a spring plate:
For these models most: Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain (2).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jones Aircraft Sales, INC. | Spring Plate 66000-15 | Modification Part | Piper PA-31, PA-31P, PA-31-325 | 2018-01-08 | current |
| Superior Air Parts INC | Spring Plate SL14995 | P/N LW-14995, P/N LW-13428, P/N LW-12273, P/N 68517 | Lycoming Engines O-320, -A1A, -A1B | 2014-09-17 | current |
| Balloonacy LTD LLC | Spring Plate, Single Burner ARP52463 | 52463 | Aerostar Intl, Inc. All series | 2013-02-19 | current |
| Balloonacy LTD LLC | Spring Plate, ELS Burner ARP52466 | 52466 | Aerostar Intl, Inc. Aerostar, ELS | 2013-02-19 | current |
| Pma LLC | Spring Plate 66000-15 | Modification Part | Piper PA-31, PA-31P, PA-325 | 2012-10-23 | current |
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.