APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT LOAD TESTING ON AN AIRCRAFT PART AND METHOD THEREOF

An apparatus for carrying out load testing on an aircraft part has constraint means for constraining the aircraft part, a linear actuator for applying a test load, having a tiltable first part, pivotally constrained about a first and a second geometrical axes, orthogonal to one another, and a second part, slidably mounted on the first part to slide along a longitudinal direction. A load cell, mounted on the second part, measures a force acting on the aircraft part along the longitudinal direction. A first clinometer and a second clinometer are mounted on the linear actuator. Each clinometer measures a respective angle representative of rotation of the linear actuator respectively about the first and second geometrical axes. A displacement transducer, mounted on the first part, measures sliding of the second part relative to the first part of the linear actuator.