Service difficulty report · Fitting · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
December 27, 2004
Submitted
January 21, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N56LT
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
21
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Fitting
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slat
Component
Slat
Component part number
F50B133B8
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

FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS FOUND WHILE LT IB SLAT (PN F50B133B8, SN 133000 WAS AT THIS FACILITY FOR REPAIR. MILLED FITTING, (PN F50B133014) IS ATTACH POINT FOR NR 4 (OB) RAIL. SIX FASTENERS WERE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED THROUGH INNER SKIN OF SLAT. FOUR BLIND FASTENERS WERE LOCATED THROUGH INNER SKIN INTO EDGE OF MILLED FITTING. ONE SOLID FASTENER WAS THROUGH INNER SKIN AND FLUSHED ON OUTER SKIN, THIS WAS ALSO DRILLED THROUGH EDGE OF MILLED FITTING. , WHICH CAUSED OUTER SKIN TO BE DISTORTED. ONE SOLID FASTENER WAS COUNTERSUNK ON OUTER SKIN THROUGH THE INNER SKIN. MISDRILLED FASTENERS WERE FOUND DURING PRELIMINARY INSPECTION. DAMAGE TO THE MILLED FITTING WAS FOUND DURING THE TEAR DOWN PHASE OF REPAIR WORK.