# SDR 2015FA0000117

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 1, 2015
- Submitted: April 1, 2015
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N245TA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N245TA), registered now
- Make and model: Tecnam P2006T
- Aircraft serial: 135US
- Aircraft time: 160 hours
- Engine: Rotax ROTAX912S3
- System (JASC): [7820 · Engine Noise Suppressor](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7820)
- Part: Muffler
- Condition: Deteriorated
- Location: Engine
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2015FA0000117

## Discrepancy

ON COMPLYING WITH AD2015-02-09, FOUND EXHAUST PIPES LEAKING AT THE BALL JOINTS WHERE THEY CONNECT TO THE MUFFLER.  1 SIDE OF 1 BALL JOINT LIP ON THE MUFFLER HAD DETERIORATED SUBSTANTIALLY, FROM ABOUT .065 TO .023.  ALL BALL JOINTS SHOWED SIGNS OF LEAKING AND HEAT CORROSION.

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