Service difficulty report · Nut · Amd FALCON900EX

Difficulty date
September 1, 2000
Submitted
September 1, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N404A
Make and model
Amd FALCON900EX
Aircraft serial
56
Aircraft time
300 hours, 187 cycles
Part
Nut
Part number
MS178257
Condition
Improper Part
Location
Upper Rt T/R
Part time
300 hours, 187 cycles
Component
Aft Body
Component part number
FGFB583D1
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UPPER RT T/R DOOR HINGE BOLT, P/N NAS6307U-23D, HAD AN ALTERNATE PART NUMBER NUT INSTALLED, P/N MS17825-7. THIS P/N NUT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE IPC (REF IPC78-30-10-10 ,ITEM 60, F12NE4753-070). ONLY THE UPPER RT T/R HINGE BOLT HAD THE ALTERNATE P/N NUT INSTALLED. DURING THE FIRST ACCESS TO THIS AREA , (REMOVAL OF BOLT FOR LUBRICATION) DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE AFT BODY SKIN BELLOW SUPPORT ASSEMBLY P/N FGFB583842150D2. DAMAGE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY NUT ROTATION DURING INSTALLATION. DAMAGED AREA MEASURED .60 INCH IN DIAMETER AND .030 TO .050 INCH IN DEPTH. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED MANUFACTURER MAY HAVE ALLOWED DAMAGE TO BE BLENDED (REF DASSAULT STRUCTURES PROJECT NR 3557). (X)