SDR 96ZZZX6121

Service difficulty report · Flap · Gulstm 560

Difficulty date
December 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1217V
Make and model
Gulstm 560
Aircraft serial
5600001
Part
Flap
Part number
652513020
Condition
Skin Separated
Location
Rt Inbd
Part time
38,160 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS REPAINTED, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15,000 FEET, RIGHT INBOARD FLAP SKIN SEPARATED INTERNALLY FROM THE FLAP RIBS. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT RIC. INVESTIGATION REVEALED VENT HOLES IN FLAP WERE CLOGGED WITH FOREIGN MATTER WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FLAP FROM VENTING EXCESS PRESSURE. CESSNA M/M 56MM064F SECTION 20-3300, PAGE 704, ADDRESS THIS SUBJECT.