HURRICANE DAMAGED ACFT FLOWN WITH BROKEN AILERON BELL CRANK.

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OUR COMPANY ACFT WAS PARKED AT MVY DURING HURRICANE BOB. I WAS NOTIFIED BY MY BOSS THAT THE ACFT HAD SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP. AFTER VERIFYING THE DAMAGE THROUGH A LCL A AND P I PROCEEDED TO CONTACT A REPAIR/SVC IN GROTON-NEW LONDON AND CONSEQUENTLY; TOGETHER WITH A MECH FROM THAT REPAIR STATION; FLEW TO MVY TO SEE IF REPAIR COULD BE MADE TO GET THE ACFT AIRWORTHY. THE ACTUATOR ROD TO THE R OUTBOARD FLAP WAS BENT AND WAS REMOVED. IT SEEMS LIKE THE WIND HAD PUSHED THE FLAP DOWN AND CONSEQUENTLY BENT THE ROD. (THE FLAPS WERE IN AN UP POS BEFORE BOB HIT THE ISLAND.) THE FLAP WAS SECURED BY THE A AND P AND THE FLAP CTL CIRCUIT BREAKER PULLED AND WIRED. A VERY THOROUGH PREFLT WAS DONE WITH SPECIAL ATTN TO THE FLT CTLS. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED. I FLEW THE ACFT TO GROTON (GON); A DISTANCE OF APPROX 60 NM; AND THE ACFT FELT PERFECTLY NORMAL. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL NO-FLAP LNDG; IT WAS BROUGHT IN THE HANGAR AND MAINT STARTED TO INSPECT AND DISASSEMBLE AILERONS AND RUDDER. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE R AILERON BELLCRANK SUPPORT HAD CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. THIS COULD NOT BE DISCOVERED WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A MALFUNCTION OF THE R AILERON IF IT HAD GONE UNNOTICED. I ORDERED A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF ALL FLT CTL RELATED SYS BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE APPEARED. I SURE WISH THAT I HAD ORDERED THAT INSPECTION BEFORE I FLEW THE ACFT. THE BRACKET HAS BEEN REPLACED AND SO HAS THE CTL ROD FOR THE FLAPS AND THE ACFT IS RETURNED TO SVC. IT IS PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO DO A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF AN ACFT THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS BEFORE IT'S FLOWN.