Service difficulty report · None · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
May 19, 2022
Submitted
May 19, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N756YD
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft serial
U20604455
Part
None
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Component
Fuselage · Cessna · 206
Stage of operation
AG
How discovered
V
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

THE FRAME OF THIS PLANE IS SEVERELY CORRODED. THERE IS VISUAL DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE SURFACES INCLUDING THE SKIN AND THE SPARS. IT ALSO HAS MULTIPLE CABLES THAT ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. AN A&P DEEMED IT “AIRWORTHY” BUT NONE OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN REMEDIED. I GROUNDED THE PLANE FOR IN AIRWORTHINESS AS PILOT IN COMMAND AS THE MECHANICS FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR NOTE THE DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR 100 HOUR INSPECTION LOGBOOK ENTRIES. I WAS FIRED FOR NOT FLYING THE PLANE IN THAT CONDITION, SO I CAN’T SAY FOR SURE IF THEY STILL PLAN TO FLY THE PLANE IN THAT CONDITION. HOWEVER, THE LAST INTERACTIONS I HAD WITH THE OWNER AND THE MECHANICS INDICATED THAT THEY FULLY INTEND TO FLY THE PLANE.

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