Service difficulty report · Frame · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
January 10, 2013
Submitted
February 8, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N654AN
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
065
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
6,741 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

FRAME HAS A CLAMP RIVETED TO FLANGE TO MOUNT THE NOSE O2 BOTTLE. WHERE THE CLAMP COMES OFF THE END OF THE FLANGE, TO GO AROUND THE O2 BOTTLE, THE FLANGE RADIUS IS CRACKING, BOTH THE INBD AND OTBD ENDS. DETERMINED THAT FLANGE CURVE OF FRAME IS LARGER THAN BOTTLE. ADDED A RUBBER GASKET TO INSIDE OF CLAMP TO TAKE UP THE GAP BETWEEN THE FLANGE AND THE BOTTLE. REPAIRED FRAME.