SDR 95ZZZX3215

Service difficulty report · Hanger Spring · Balwks FIREFLY7

Difficulty date
May 25, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N90696
Make and model
Balwks FIREFLY7
Aircraft serial
F7759
Part
Hanger Spring
Part number
41601
Condition
Defective
Location
Burner
Component
F1
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE BALLOON WORKS HAS ISSUED SB NR B30, DATED MARCH, 1995. WHEN BALLOON CAME IN FOR ANNUAL, THE PARTS RECEIVED FROM THE BALLOON WORKS TO PERFORM SB NR B30 WERE NOT AIRWORTHY. THE SAID PARTS CONSIST OF 2 SPRINGS AND A CLIP WITH A ROLL PIN. THREE PARTS ARE NEEDED FOR EACH SB. OF THE 3 PARTS RECEIVED, ONE WAS OKAY, ANOTHER HAD THE ROLL PIN HOLE DRILLED AT SUCH AN ANGLE THAT THE ROLL PIN MISSED THE SECOND HOLE AND THE THIRD HAD NO ROLL PIN AT ALL.