SDR 96ZZZX5436

Service difficulty report · Hinge Assy · Piper PA34200

Difficulty date
August 24, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N56676
Make and model
Piper PA34200
Aircraft serial
347450020
Part
Hinge Assy
Part number
96506001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Eng Inbd Cowl
Part time
5,990 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

UPON INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY COWLING WAS CHAFING AND WEARING THROUGH THE ALUMINUM, FOUND HINGE ASSYS CRACKED WHICH ALLOWED THE SIDE COWL ASSY TO MOVE AND CHAFE AGAINST UPPER COWL ASSY. THIS P/N HINGE ASSY IS LOCATED AT FWD INBD ON LT ENGINE AND FWD OTBD ON RT ENGINE. THE HINGES APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED AND BROKEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

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