Service difficulty report · Duct · Eclips ECLIPSEEA500

Difficulty date
January 26, 2015
Submitted
January 28, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
3BOR535B
Boca Aircraft Maintenance LLC
Aircraft
N256DP
Make and model
Eclips ECLIPSEEA500
Aircraft serial
000230
Aircraft time
972 hours, 1,227 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW610FA
Engine time
972 hours, 1,227 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
35C176301
Condition
Cracked
Location
Exhaust
Part time
972 hours, 1,227 cycles
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

DURING THE 12 MONTH/300 HOUR ENGINE INSPECTION ON THE LT AND RT ENGINES ON THE ACFT, A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LT ENGINE EXHAUST AREA NOTED A PIECE OF THE ENGINE OUTER BYPASS DUCT MISSING. APPROXIMATELY 6" SECTION MISSING, BETWEEN 10 O'CLOCK AND 1 O'CLOCK AS VIEWED FROM AFT TO FORWARD, AND THE RT ENGINE BYPASS DUCT SHOWED A CRACK APPROXIMATELY 4' LONG. APPEARS THAT THERE WERE PREVIOUS STOP DRILLS TO THE AREA ON THE LT ENGINE AND THE CRACKS PROPAGATED BEYOND THE STOP DRILL. NO EVIDENCE OF FOD DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. INSPECTED THE LT TURBINE EXHAUST MIXER NOZZLE AND NOTED A FEW AREAS OF SCRATCHING FROM THE LOOSE BYPASS DUCTS. IAW MFG ENGINEERING, THE AREA ON THE MIXER NOZZLE WAS BLENDED AND INSPECTED AND FOUND ACCEPTABLE FOR CONTINUED SERVICE. THE OUTER BYPASS DUCTS WILL BE REPLACED.