SDR 96ZZZX255

Service difficulty report · Fairing · Cessna 182Q

Difficulty date
October 14, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N94803
Make and model
Cessna 182Q
Aircraft serial
18266514
Part
Fairing
Part number
07416395
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Gear Leg
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

RECEIVED NEW GEAR LEG FAIRINGS (FORMS 8130-3 WERE INCLUDED) FOR INSTALLATION ON A 182Q. FOR SHIPPING, THE FAIRINGS HAD THE SCREWS IN PLACE INTO THE TINNERMAN STYLE NUTPLATES, HOLDING THE SEAM TOGETHER. WHILE REMOVING THE SCREWS TO PERFORM THE INSTALLATION, SEVERAL OF THE NUTPLATES SNAPPED APART. SUBMITTER STATED IT APPEARS THERE WAS TOO MUCH TEMPER CAUSING THE NUTPLATES TO BE OVERLY BRITTLE. THESE PARTS CAME DIRECT FROM CESSNA.

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