SDR 97ZZZX2114

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
May 9, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6350X
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B1317
Part
Bracket
Part number
082260029
Condition
Rivets Sheared
Location
Tip Tank Aft
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

AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ANOTHER 400 SERIES ACFT, INSPECTED AFT ATTACH POINT OF TIP TANKS. DISCOVERED THE MOST AFT WING SKIN CRACKED AND HORIZ RIVETS SHEARED THAT ATTACH THE OTBD AILERON BRACKET ASSY (CESSNA P/N 521001-12) WHICH ARE SAME RIVETS THAT ATTACH TIP TANK AFT SUPPORT BRACKETS (CESSNA P/N 08222600-29 AND -30) TO THE WING. LT SIDE ALSO CRACKED MOST OTBD RIB (CESSNA P/N 0822040-17) AND THE MOST AFT TIP TANK SUPPORT BULKHEAD (CESSNA P/N 0823400-63, SUBASSY OF 823400-109) HAD 2 CRACKS. RIGHT DID NOT REFLECT ANY DAMAGE TO STRINGER (MOST AFT POINT) OF TIP TANK, HOWEVER, LT SIDE HAD STRUCK SOLID OBJECT AT SOME POINT.

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