Service difficulty report · Sealant · Gulstm GVSP

Difficulty date
December 18, 2018
Submitted
January 22, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N456GA
Make and model
Gulstm GVSP
Aircraft serial
5456
Part
Sealant
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Engine Mount Are
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER REMOVAL OF RIGHT HAND ESN 16030, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FIREBOX COVER HAD WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE WRONG SEALANT PREVIOUSLY USED. THE CORRECT SEALANT TO BE USED IS MIL-S-38249 PS 700 PART B SEALANT COMPOUND, FIREWALL. THE ON-SITE TECHNICIAN REVIEWED THE ENGINE LOG BOOK AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS ENGINE WAS LAST INSTALLED BY GULFSTREAM. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO NOTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE ESN 16029 FIREBOX COVER HAD THE SAME TYPE OF SEALANT IN QUESTION, CUSTOMER WAS NOTIFIED. THIS REPAIR STATION HAS NO WAY OF CONFIRMING THAT THE SEALANT THAT WAS USED IS FIRE RESISTANT, HOWEVER; THE SEALANT THAT SPECIFIED IS BLACK AND AFTER DRIED, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. THE SEALANT IN QUESTION IS GRAY AND WAS REMOVED WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE. THE REPAIR STATION CAN`T CONFIRM THE SPECIFICATION OF SEALANT PREVIOUSLY USED AND THUS HAS REFERS TO THE SEALANT WE USED WHEN RE-INSTALLING COVER AS SPECIFIED ABOVE. REFERENCE WORK ORDER 0.001371451-9241R1, THIS REPAIR STATION.