Service difficulty report · Toilet · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 28, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N207PC
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5605008
System (JASC)
2540 · Lavatories
Part
Toilet
Part number
99190091
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Lavatory
Part time
573 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

EXTERNALLLY SERVICEABLE TOILET ASSY P/N 9919009-1 WAS BEING CHANGED OUT. DURING PROCESS, DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RATCHETING SCREWDRIVER STUCK IN THE P/N 9914632-2 WASTE PIPE ADAPTER, AND A .3750 INCH SOCKET BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND TANK BOTTOM THAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO LEVEL THE TOILET ASSY. NOTED THE NEW TOILET ASSY WOULD NOT FIT CORRECTLY ON THE FLOOR LOCATOR SHEAR PINS P/N 4611026-3 (3 EACH). THE ORIGINAL TOILET MOUNT HOLES WERE AUGURED OUT AT THE FACTORY. CESSNA ENG WOULD NOT ALLOW NEW TOILET ASSY TO BE 'MODIFIED' IN THE SAME WAY. AN ENGINEERING ORDER ALLOWED FLOOR RAIL TO BE REPAIRED WITH A DOUBLER AND THE SHEAR PINS HAD TO BE CORRECTLY LOCATED IN ORDER FOR THE NEW TOILET TO FIT PROPERLY.