Service difficulty report · Screw · Amd FALCON900B

Difficulty date
June 3, 2011
Submitted
June 10, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N886DC
Make and model
Amd FALCON900B
Aircraft serial
177
Part
Screw
Part number
NAS673V3XA
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Protector
Part time
5,464 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

SCREW LISTED IN SEC 5, WHEN INSTALLED, (DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION ON THE PROTECTOR) DO NOT FULLY ENGAGE THE LOCKING DEVICE ON THE NUTPLATE BECAUSE THE LENGTH OF THE SCREW IS TOO SHORT. AT ALL LOCATIONS, THE SCREWS DO NOT PROTRUDE OF HAVE 1 THREAD PAST THE END OF THE NUTPLATE) IT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE AILERON SYS TO JAM. THE SAME ACTION WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PROTECTOR ASSY BECAME LOOSE FROM THE SCREWS FALLING OUT. HAVE INSP OTHER ACFT, SAME CONDITION. LONGER SCREWS (PROTRUDING THROUGH THE NUTPLATE BY AT LEAST 1 THREAD) WERE INSTALLED IN THE LT AND RT PROTECTOR ASSY DURING REASSEMBLY OF THE ACFT. CUSTOMER WAS NOTIFIED ON F900-071 AND HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.