Service difficulty report · Rivet · Israel 1124

Difficulty date
May 21, 2001
Submitted
May 21, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N980S
Make and model
Israel 1124
Aircraft serial
401
Aircraft time
1 hours, 1 cycles
Part
Rivet
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rudder
Part time
1 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CRACKS IN DIMPLES OF RIVETS ON SKIN OF RUDDER, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE MANUFACTURE. FABRICATING NEW RIBS PER GALAXY AEROSPACE DRAWINGS AND DOING A SPAR SPLICE PER GALAXY. SUSPECT ALL RUDDERS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED THE SAME AS THIS ONE ARE ALSO CRACKED.

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