Service difficulty reports · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 97ZZZX5100Hinge · seizedFOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LUBRICATION.SDR 97ZZZX5099Hinge · seizedFOUND THE RUDDER TOP HINGE BOLT SEIZED IN THE HINGE BEARING AND COULD NOT BE FREED. BOTH HINGE ASSEMBLIES (THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER) HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CORROSION WAS SEVERE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LUBRICATION.SDR 98ZZZX635Rib · corrodedFOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SMALL CUT-OUT IN THE RIB WHERE THE TORQUE TUBE PASSES THROUGH. THE BOTTOM RIB (PN 40039-00) WAS ALSOSDR 98ZZZX634Torque Tube · corrodedFOUND THE RUDDER TORQUE TUBE AND WELDED ON ASSEMBLIES VERY CORRODED. THE WELDED ON PLATE IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM RIB ON THE RUDDER AND CAN ONLY BE SEEN THROUGH A SMALL CUT-OUT IN THE RIB WHERE THE TORQUE TUBE PASSES THROUGH. THE BOTTOM RIB (PN 40039-00) WAS ALSOSDR 98ZZZX633Trunnion · corrodedINSPECTION FOUND THE CYLINDER SIDEWALL (ON THE OUTSIDE) WITH DEEP INTERGRANULAR GALVANIC CORROSION. THIS CORROSION IS HARD TO SPOT DUE TO ITS BEING IN THE GEARWELL AND BEHIND A LARGE HOSE CLAMP BRACKET.SDR 98ZZZX632Rollers · seizedFOUND THE FLAP ROLLERS NOT TURNING DUE TO PAINT BEING ON THE ROLLERS AND TRACKS. ALSO, FOUND FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE HARDWARE COVERED WITH PAINT (WHERE THE CONTROLS EVEN OFF) AND THE CONTROL SURFACE LEADING EDGES HAD NO PAINT ON THEM. AIRCRAFT WAS PAINTED 1/9SDR 98ZZZX631Boot · missingFOUND ONE ELEVATOR COUNTER BALANCE LEADING EDGE BOOT MISSING AND THE FIBERGLASS SUB-SURFACE WAS ERODED. THE OTHER BOOT WAS TORN WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET INISDE THE BOOT WHICH WILL CHANGE THE BALANCE OF THE CONTROL SURFACE.SDR 98ZZZX630Control Cable · defectiveFOUND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CABLE SPLICED IN TWO PLACES BOTH OF WHICH PASSED AROUND THE SERVO CAPSTAN. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE SPLICES BEING DONE IN THE LOG BOOKS. THE TRIM SERVO MOTOR HAD BEEN REPLACED 30 HOURS PREVIOUSLY DUE TO IT BEING BURNED OUT (DID THE SSDR 98ZZZX629Spring · missingBOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSINGS WERE MISSING THEIR SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS HOLD THE FILTER IN PLACE AND WILL COMPRESS SHOULD THE FILTER PLUG UP. IT IS POSSIBLE THE FILTER COULD FALL OFF ITS INSTALLED POSITION WITHOUT THE SPRING IN PLACE.SDR 97ZZZX1109Hose · leakPILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND AEROQUIP TYPE 601 HOSE INSTALLED IN THE LT WING ROOT DRIPPING FUEL. THESE HOSES ARE AFFECTED BY AEROQUIP BULLETIN NR AA135 WHICH LIMITED THEIR LIFE TO TWO YEARS.SDR 97ZZZX1108Reducer · crackedPILOT REPORTED FUEL SMELL IN THE CABIN. FOUND THE CROSSFEED LINE DRAIN REDUCER FLARE CRACKED AND SEEPING FUEL.