Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
September 18, 2015
Submitted
September 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
1013
Aircraft time
4,635 hours, 4,722 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Engine time
4,635 hours, 4,722 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
5572012331
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
4,635 hours, 4,722 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 ACFT SUFFERED A LIGHTNING STRIKE WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LT WING, LOWER INBD SKIN PANEL, BETWEEN RIBS 6 - 8. MFG ISSUED A REPAIR MEMO RM-12-000817 & ASSOCIATED SADD-12-0737 THAT COVERED A REPAIR BY REPLACEMENT OF THE LT LOWER WING SKIN PANEL BETWEEN RIBS 6 - 13 PN 557 20 12 331. DURING THE WING SKIN REPLACEMENT, STRINGER 9 WAS DAMAGED. A REPLACEMENT SECTION OF STRINGER 9 PN 557 20 12 327 WAS USED TO REPAIR THE STRINGER 9 INBD OF RIB 9 IAW THE SRM 12-B-51-70-03-00A-663A-A, 12-B-51-40-01-00A-041A-A & 12-B-51-30-01-00A-041A-A. THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR, A FORM 337 WILL BE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS SDR.