Service difficulty report · Strut · Cessna R182

Difficulty date
May 12, 2013
Submitted
August 9, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6096T
Make and model
Cessna R182
Aircraft serial
R18201901
Aircraft time
9,952 hours
Part
Strut
Part number
07236106
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
9,952 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

ON INSPECTION OF WING UPPER LIFT STRUT ATTACHMENT POINTS, A BLACK RING WAS NOTED AROUND THE MOST FWD RIVET IN A CLUSTER OF FOUR. EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THERE WAS MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE RIVET AND THE SURROUNDING STRUT ATTACHMENT. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE LT LIFT STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT ALSO SHOWED A BLACK RING AROUND RIVET HEAD, BUT NO MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. THE RIGHT LIFT STRUT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ASSY FROM MFG.

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