SDR 2018F00045

Service difficulty report · Cowling · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 6, 2017
Submitted
December 7, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N404BA
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B5228
Aircraft time
2,397 hours, 5,309 cycles
Part
Cowling
Condition
Cracked
Location
Right
Component
Lower Rh Cowlin · Cessna
Component part number
26520232200
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

THE RH LOWER COWLING IS CRACKING WHERE THE EXHAUST HANGER IS ATTACHED. WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THE COWLING HAS A "PUCKER" IN THAT LOCATION AFTER THE FASTENERS ARE INSTALLED. WHERE THAT "PUCKER" IS IS WHERE THE EXHAUST HANGER IS LOCATED. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN ON AT LESS ONE AIRCRAFT THAT THE HOLES WHERE THE EXHAUST BRACKET IS ATTACHED WERE DRILLED WILL A DULL DRILL BIT ALLOWING THE METAL TO HAVE THAT VISUAL APPEARANCE THAT THE BIT WAS DULL AND THE HOLE WAS NOT DEBURRED.

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