SDR 95ZZZX3166

Service difficulty report · Plate · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
June 6, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
BTVR626C
Pentastar Aviation, LLC.
Aircraft
N90HH
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
078
Part
Plate
Part number
1159WM2022B2
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Wing Flapwell
Part time
8,687 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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 AIRCRAFT OPERATOR BROUGHT ACFT TO FACILITY TO INVESTIGATE A BULGE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RT WING AT APPROXIMATELY RBS 191 (THIS IS DIRECTLY UNDER THE FLIGHT SPOILER ACTUATOR ATTACH FITTING). AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE AREA IN QUESTION, THE 'LOAD PLATE' UNDER THE ACTUATOR ATTACH FITTING WAS ENTIRELY INVOLVED WITH INTERGRANULAR, EXFOLIATION CORROSION, CAUSING THE LOWER SKIN TO BULGE. REF: OPER CONTROL NR BTVR 950606.