Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
January 6, 2003
Submitted
January 7, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N402CA
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0842
Aircraft time
8,800 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520*
Part
Bulkhead
Part number
085150047
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
8,800 hours
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

INSPECTION IAW AD, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE RT ENGINE CANTED BULKHEAD CAP. CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF CAP JUST INSIDE OF INBOARD WING LIP. CRACK WAS APPROXIAMATELY 1.5 INCHES AND RAN CHORD WISE WITH WING. IT WAS LOCATED IN THE AFT OF THE CAP WIDTH. UPON REMOVAL OF CANTED BULKHEAD CAP, FOUND FORWARD CANTED BULKHEAD TO BE CRACKED PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAP CRACK ON THE INBOARD SIDE IN THE BEND OF TOP FLANGE. THIS CRACK WAS ABOUT 1 INCH IN LENGTH. FOUND THAT BOTH AFT AND FORWARD BULKHEAD INBOARD SIDES HAD SEPERATED FROM INBOARD NACELLE WING RIB. FOUND THIS SAME COMBINATION ON LEFT SIDE OF THIS SAME AIRCRAFT AND ON RIGHT SIDE OF ANOTHER.

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