SDR 95ZZZX5972

Service difficulty report · Floor Skin · Lear 36A

Difficulty date
September 25, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N36BP
Make and model
Lear 36A
Aircraft serial
032
Part
Floor Skin
Part number
24113954604
Condition
Delaminating
Location
Fs 346-370
Part time
3,520 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

WHILE PRESSURIZING AIRCRAFT FOR 1,200 HOUR INSPECTION, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAKE ALLOWABLE LEAK RATE. FOUND LOWER SKIN OF DIVAN SEAT FLOOR SITTING ON TOP OF WING SKIN WITH AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED. FOUND UPPER AND LOWER DIVAN SEAT SKIN SEPARATING FROM THE HONEYCOMB CENTER OF THE FLOOR WITH AIRCRAFT UNPRESSURIZED. LOWER SKIN WOULD RETURN TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. ALSO, FOUND FLOOR SUPPORT STRINGER CRACKED DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLOOR STRUCTURE. FOUND UNSEALED WELL NUTS AND POP RIVETS IN UPPER SKIN THAT WOULD ALLOW PRESSURIZATION INTO HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE.

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