JASC 5553
Service difficulty reports · 586
Reports filed under 5553 · Vertical Stabilizer, Attach Fittings, newest first.
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '5553' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR 98ZZZX2448Casting Rivets · looseLOOSE HI-SHEAR RIVETS, PN 522-995, ON VERTICAL FIN CASTING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, P/N 35697-02, AND FITTING ASSY, PN 78927-02. THSE RIVETS COULD BE TURNED BY HAND. RECOMMEND CHANGING TO HI-LOC BOLTS.SDR 98ZZZX1733Bolt · missingDURING A 2400 HOUR INSPECTION, 2 EACH BOLTS WERE FOUND MISSING IN LOWER ATTACH POINT OF VERTICAL STABILZIER. NO OTHER DEFECTS FOUND. INSTALLED NEW BOLTS AN960-416, WASHERS, AND NUTS.SDR 98ZZZX1440Fitting · crackedAIRCRAFT UNDERGOING A C-CHECK INSPECTION. THE VERTICAL TIE FITTING ATTACHING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER TO THE FUSELAGE WAS FOUND CRACKED IN HALF.SDR 98ZZZX557Fitting · crackedINSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING CRACKED.SDR 97ZZZX4729Bolt · wrong partPURCHASED PART FROM CESSNA. PART DID NOT MATCH OLD PART, REORDERED AND NOTIFIED CESSNA ACCORDINGLY. SECOND ORDER ALSO DID NOT MATCH. BOLTS RECEIVED WERE NAS464P3A8 BOLTS, AND WERE TOO LONG TO USE - BOLTS HOLDING VERTICAL FIN TO FUSELAGE BRACKET.SDR 97ZZZX3713Stabilizer · rivets shearedEIGHT RIVETS WERE SHEARED ON BOTH SIDES OF VERTICAL STABILIZER (WHERE VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACHED TO EMPENNAGE). SUBMITTER STATED THIS MAKES SIX AIRPLANES IN FLEET THAT HAVE HAD SOME OR ALL OF THESE RIVETS IN THIS CONDITION.SDR 97ZZZX3878Stabilizer · rivet shearedBOTH LOWER RIVETS (LT AND RT) WERE FOUND SHEARED ON THE AFT SPAR OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WHERE THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACHES TO THE EMPENNAGE. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS AIRCRAFT NR 3 IN FLEET OF PA 34-200T'S THAT HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.SDR 97ZZZX3874Stabilizer · rivet shearedRIVETS ON RIGHT SIDE (LOWER RIGHT) SHEARED WHERE AFT SPAR OF VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACHES TO EMPENNAGE. THIS IS AIRCRAFT NR 4 IN FLEET OF PA34-200T'S THAT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE THIS DISCREPANCY.SDR 97ZZZX3490Rivets · shearedRIVETS ON LT SIDE (3 OUT OF 4) SHEARED WHERE AFT SPAR OF VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACHES TO EMPENNAGE. THESE RIVETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BEFORE, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE T.I.S. SINCE REPAIR. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS THE SECOND PA-34-200T IN FLEET FOUND WITH SHEAREDSDR 97ZZZX2853Stabilizer · rivets poppedINSPECTION OF RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILZIER AREA REVEALED RIVETS WITH POPPED HEADS ON ATTACHMENT FITTING FOR AFT SPAR ON VERTICAL STABILIZER-TO-EMPENNAGE ATTACH POINT. (SIX OUT OF EIGHT RIVETS WERE SHEARED). THOROUGH INSPECTION OF EMPENNAGE REVEALED NO OTHESDR 97ZZZX2336Fitting · corrodedINSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL FIN ATTACH FITTING WITH INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. SUBMITTER STATED SINCE THIS DEFECT IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER QUENCHING, THERE MAY BE MORE IN SERVICE THAT WERE HEAT TREATED IN THAT BATCH.SDR 97ZZZX2335Fitting · corrodedINSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL FIN ATTACH FITTING WITH INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. SUBMITTER STATED SINCE THIS DEFECT IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER QUENCHING, THERE MAY BE MORE IN SERVICE THAT WERE HEAT TREATED IN THAT BATCH.SDR 97ZZZX1709Fitting · brokenFOUND LEFT, REAR, VERTICAL FIN ATTACH FITTING BROKEN ON OUTBOARD LEG. THIS MDR IS RELATED TO AN EARLIER MDR REPORT ON A BROKEN HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL FIN ATTACH FITTING AND CRACKED SPAR/REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE. AIRPLANE IS USED IN A FLIGHT SCHOOLSDR 97ZZZX1220Bracket · crackedFOUND VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REAR ATTACH FITTING CRACKED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. REMOVED FIN AND RUDDER. REMOVED ELEVATORS TO REMOVE BRACKET ASSY, P/N 0432004-9. FOUND REINFORCEMENT, P/N 0432001-15, AND SPARS, P/N 0432001-56, ALSO CRACKED IN SAMSDR 97ZZZX1083Fitting · crackedINSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING CRACKED ON LEFT SIDE OF ROOT AREA. POSSIBLE CAUSE: ATTEMPTING SNAP ROLLS IN A C-152.SDR 97ZZZX878Channel · crackedON VERTICAL FIN ATTACH REINFORCEMENT CHANNEL, THE BOLT HOLES THAT ARE USED TO SECURE RUDDER HINGE CASTING C2FS3705ND WERE FOUND TO HAVE CRACKS RADIATING FROM THEM. LACK OF A CONTROL SURFACE LOCK AND HIGH WINDS OVER WINTER MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CRACKING.SDR 96ZZZX5438Bracket · crackedWHILE INSPECTING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO VERTICAL FIN ATTACH NUTPLATES PER AD 80-11-4 FOR CRACKS, NUTPLATES WERE FOUND OK, BUT THE BRACKET THE NUTPLATES ARE RIVETED TO WAS CRACKED IN TWO SPOTS, RADIATING FROM THE BOLT HOLE.SDR C2XA96IA227Angle · crackedIAH INSPECTION: 1C, 2C, 4C. TOTAL TIME: 12,085.2 HOURS. TOTAL CYCLES: 17,466. DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER TO FUSELAGE, LEFT ATTACHMENT ANGLE WAS FOUND CRACKED AT 2 FASTENER HOLES. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED PART, AIRCRAFTSDR 97ZZZX2587Bolt · looseINSPECTION FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH BOLTS LOOSE. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE ON 208 MODELS SERVICED.SDR 96ZZZX4170Attach Fitting · crackedWHILE PERFORMING A C-CHECK ON THIS AIRCRAFT, DISCOVERED THROUGH AN EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION THAT A VERTICAL CRACK EMITTING FROM THE ATTACH BOLT TO OUTER EDGE, TYPE 'A' AS DEFINED IN SB F27/55-48, LOCATED IN RIGHT REAR FORWARD ATTACH FITTING LUG. UPON CONFERENCSDR 96ZZZX4222Attach Fititng · crackedWHILE C/W WITH AD 80-11-04 NUTPLATES, INSPECTION FOUND A .8750 INCH LONG CRACK ON THE LEFT FIN ATTACH FITTING (LOWER OUTBOARD SIDE.) BROKE IN HALF UPON REMOVAL.SDR CA970311018Vertical Stab · cracked(CAN) FIN STRUCTURE CRACKED ADJACENT TO UPPER ATTACHMENT INSERTS.SDR 96ZZZX3791Angle · crackedDURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, A 0.300 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FORWARD ATTACH SPAR (FUSELAGE) ANGLE AFT OF THE CHANNEL (P/N 20749-0). PIPER AD 75-12-06 REQUIRES INSPECTION OF THE BEND RELIEF HOLE IN THE CHANNEL AND STRAPS (PN 207 9-5 AND DASH 6). NO CRACKSSDR 96ZZZX3054Fitting · bushing groovedWHILE C/W THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH FITTING INSPECTION IAW GULFSTREAM IV MM, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 55, THE BUSHINGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE DEEP GROOVES ON THE OUTER SURFACE. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ATTACH FITTINGS FOUND THE HOLES OVERSIZED AND OUT-OF-ROUND, SDR AU960494Fitting · corroded(AUS) VERTICAL STABILISER FORWARD SPAR ATTACHMENT FITTING CORRODED AT FRAME STN 259.31SDR IXXA9613Angle · crackedDURING THE C-CHECK INSPECTION, THE VERTICAL STAB TO FUSELAGE ATTACH ANGLE WAS FOUND CORRODED AND CRACKED ON THE LT FROM FORWARD OF THE FRONT SPAR TO CENTER SPAR. A REPAIR WAS PERFORMED PER ATI E.O. 53-DC8-223, AND DRAWING SKA95253-5, REV: A, DATED 1-23-96. SDR 96ZZZX781Bracket · crackedBRACKET FOUND CRACKED DURING REPAIRS TO HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FOLLOWING GROUND COLLISION. CRACKS IN WELDED AREA EXISTED BEFORE COLLISION. DISSIMILAR METAL CORROSION ALSO EXISTED BETWEEN STEEL BRACKET AND ALUMINUM SKINS.SDR 95ZZZX6752Bracket · crackedDURING C/W AD 80-11-04, IT WAS NOTICED THE WELD ON THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE V-FIN ATTACH FITTING WAS CRACKED. REMOVAL VERIFIED A 1 INCH CRACK.SDR 95ZZZX6058Fitting · rivets looseFOUND 3 RIVETS WERE LOOSE ON THE LOWER AFT VERTICAL FIN-TO-FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT FITTING. THE RIVETS THAT ARE LOOSE ARE THE LOWER OUTBOARD CORNER RIVETS.SDR AWXA9500669Arm Fitting · delaminatedPHX - DURING SCHEDULED C4 INSPECTION, FOUND VERTICAL STABILIZER UPPER RUDDER HINGE ARM FITTING SUPPORT WEB DELAMINATED AT HINGE ATTACH POINT UPPER SURFACE. REMOVED AND REPLACED ARM FITTING PER SRM 55-36-42. (M)SDR 95ZZZX6189Support Fitting · shearedTAIL SKID CONTACTED GROUND IN SLOW REARWARD DRIFT. VERTICAL FIN CAME OFF. SUPPORT FITTING ON TAIL BOOM SHEARED ALLOWING VERTICAL FIN TO COME OFF.SDR 96ZZZX60Bracket · crackedWHILE PERFORMING 100-HOUR INSPECTION AND AD 80-11-04 (VERTICAL FIN ATTACH NUTPLATE), FOUND ATTACH BRACKET CRACKED IN 5 PLACES. NUTPLATES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. BRACKET WAS REPLACED. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS THE AREA SHOULD BE CLEANED VERY WELL BEFORE INSPECTION SDR 95ZZZX2159Bolt · corrodedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION OF CUSTOMER AIRCRAFT, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ATTACH BOLTS WERE FOUND BADLY CORRODED. REPLACED BOLTS AND WASHERS.SDR 95ZZZX2043Anchor Nut · failedDURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, RT FWD ATTACH BOLT FOR VERTICAL FIN FOUND LOOSE. BOLT REMOVED AND FND IN SERVICEABLE SHAPE. REPLACED AND ATTEMPTED TO TORQUE TO SPECS. BOLT WOULD NOT TIGHTEN. FURTHER INSP REVEALED ANCHOR NUT SHATTERED. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS THESDR BUHA95001Fitting · corrodedVERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD SPAR ATTACH FITTING AT FUSELAGE, FOUND CORRODED. (X)SDR HAL95017Attach Fitting · crackedHNL - VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE, RT FRONT SPAR ATTACH FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED WHILE ACCOMPLISHING NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. REPLACED FITTING. (W)
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