SDR 97ZZZX1864

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Piper PA31T

Difficulty date
April 11, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N499EH
Make and model
Piper PA31T
Aircraft serial
7720066
Part
Bracket
Part number
4662403
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Door
Part time
3,952 hours
Component
4677600
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

OUTER AIRCRAFT DOOR SKIN FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WITH A 2.5 INCH CRACK ORIGINATING AT END OF FORWARD SIDE OF DOOR HINGE AND EXTENDING UPWARDS. DISASSEMBLED DOOR AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING PARTS HAD FAILED: 46624-03 BRACKET (ON FORWARD LOWER SIDE) 466550-02 BULKHEAD (ON OUTER FLANGE ACROSS 2 RIVET HOLES) AND 46550-04 BULKHEAD (ON OUTER FLANGE ACROSS 2 RIVET HOLES). REPLACED ALL THREE SHEET METAL COMPONENTS, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER OVER CRACKED AREA OF EXTERNAL DOOR SKIN IAW AC 43.13-1A AND 2A.

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