Originally Posted by
sandiego89
Geez, designers do not intend brackets or other things to fail...some problems take a while to be known and some are manageable until fixed. No one wants to introduce a known faulty design (except perhaps the designers of Ford Explorer "Exploder" I owned, I am convinced they must have designed faults into that thing to make me buy a new one every few years, or frequent trips to their service department...)
Sorry my point was not questioning the design of the bracket.
I am sure that it was done in good faith, my point was that this reasonably designed bracket has failed, I am not aware that the exact failure mechanism has been disclosed.
My point was that following the failure of this bracket, are there other brackets designed using the same methodologies on the airframe, that MAY be at danger of failing?
Obviously it would be helpful if this particular bracket was a unique design, so there is no danger of repetition.