Service difficulty report · Mount Bracket · Cessna R172K

Difficulty date
March 6, 2008
Submitted
March 6, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N758PX
Make and model
Cessna R172K
Aircraft serial
R1723262
Aircraft time
3,874 hours
Part
Mount Bracket
Part number
051351119
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

FOUND UPPER LT ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET CRACKED WHILE INSPECTING FOR CESSNA SEB07-2 REV 2. THIS SERVICE BULLETIN DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS SERIAL NUMBER, ALTHOUGH A CRACK WAS FOUND. RECOMMEND INCREASING THE SERIAL NUMBER RANGE OF AFFECTED AIRCRAFT. THIS SHOP HAS ALSO NOTED SEAPLANES HAVE A DIFFERENT LOWER MOUNT BRACKET THAN THAT WHICH IS CALLED OUT IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN. RECOMMEND INCLUDING THE PROPER SEAPLANE MOUNT BRACKET NUMBERS FOR AIRCRAFT SO EQUIPPED.

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