SDR 97ZZZX3069

Service difficulty report · Fitting · Gulstm G1159B

Difficulty date
January 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8490P
Make and model
Gulstm G1159B
Aircraft serial
004
Part
Fitting
Part number
1159BM20518XX
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Eng Strut
Part time
10,974 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

DURING PROCESS OF REMOVING RT THRUST STRUT FOR NDT, DISCOVERED SEVERE INTERGRANULAR CORROSION AT AFT/UPPER THRUST STRUT/FUSELAGE ATTACH FITITNG, PN 1159BM20518-XX. BRACKET IS LOCATED IN PYLON. AREA AFFECTED SURROUNDS STRUT ATTACH BOLT/BUSH BRACKET LOCATION, RT PYLON FS 584. AFFECTED AREA IS COVERED BY BOLT SAFETY BRACKET, AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURE, DUCTING, DIRT, ETC., MAKING INSPECTION DIFFICULT. SUGGEST PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS AREA BY REMOVING RETAINING BOLT AND BUSHING TO INSPECT FOR CORROSION AT ATTACH LUGS.