# SDR 20010418CW002

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 18, 2001
- Submitted: April 18, 2001
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N5590B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5590B), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 33590
- System (JASC): [5412 · Nacelle/Pylon, Bulkhead/Firewall](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5412)
- Part: Fastener
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Firewall
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20010418CW002

## Discrepancy

OWNER REPORTED 2 LOOSE RIVETS AT THE FIREWALL ATTACH POINT  STA. 5.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 2 MISSING RIVET HEADS AN426AD4 AND A FURTHER 25 RIVET HEADS HELD ON BY PAINT ALONE.  1 OTHER RIVET HEAD HAD A STRANGE APPEARANCE, SCRAPING THE PAINT OFF REVEALED A  BONDO  MATERIAL FILLING THE HOLE.   THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN REPAINTED IN ABOUT 1988 BY PERSONS UNKNOWN.

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