Matt Gunsch

The FAA is over reacting to a level that has never been seen before. They are asking for a inspection of 41,928 aircraft, or 83,856 control yoke assemblies, that span over 45 years of production, for a problem that has occured twice, with no disclosure of the date of manufacture of the parts that failed. My math tells me that is a failure rate of 0.0023850410227055905% Please note, that does not include any flight time just number of yokes and reported failures. I realize the FAA would like for aviation to be perfect, but it is not possiable, and a failure rate of 0.0023850410227055905% would be acceptable for any manufacturer, but to charge Piper aircraft owners $838,560 per failure is a indication that the FAA has lost touch with those they are supposed to serve. If the FAA is so set on issuing a AD to cover this issue, restrict it to the type and serial number ranges of the affected airframes.