Service difficulty report · Seat Track · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
April 2, 2012
Submitted
April 5, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N67MT
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
254
Aircraft time
6,956 hours, 4,070 cycles
Part
Seat Track
Part number
MY20212608811
Condition
Worn
Location
Cockpit
Part time
6,956 hours, 4,070 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT SEAT SLID AFT AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT NOTED A CLICK AS SEAT LATCH PIN ENGAGED. DISASSEMBLY REVEALED BOTH SEAT TRACKS HAD WEAR MARKS BETWEEN HOLES DOWN CENTERLINE OF TRACK AND LATCH PINS HAD BEEN GROUND TO A CONICAL TAPER. NEW PINS ARE CYLINDRICAL WITH NO TAPER OTHER THAN A SLIGHTLY ROUND END. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT ALLOW MODIFICATION OF PINS. WHEN NEW PINS WERE INSTALLED ONLY ONE WOULD ENGAGE AT A TIME. SEAT WAS CHECKED FOR SQUARE AND ALSO TRIED IN OTHER AIRCRAFT TO CONFIRM IT WAS NOT RELATED TO PROBLEM. SEAT TRACKS WERE 1/2 HOLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT FROM SQUARE. NEW TRACKS WERE INSTALLED WITH PROPER ALIGNMENT TO SEAT TRACK PINS. ACFT RECORDS RESEARCH AND WEAR OF ALL PARTS INDICATED THIS WAS ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLATION.