SDR 97ZZZX3410

Service difficulty report · Mount · Cessna 175

Difficulty date
July 9, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7151M
Make and model
Cessna 175
Aircraft serial
55451
Part
Mount
Part number
05131323
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Upper
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

ACFT OWNER REPORTED THE COWL DID NOT FIT RIGHT. UPON EXAMINATION, DETERMINED THE RT STRINGER ASSY, ENGINE MOUNT UPPER, HAD FAILED AT THE POINT WHERE THE UPPER RT ENGINE MOUNT BOLT PASSES THROUGH THE MOUNTING BRACKET. THE FIREWALL ATTACH RIVETS HAD RIPPED OUT FOR ABOUT 3 INCHES IN EACH DIRECTION ALLOWING WEIGHT OF ENGINE TO PULLTHE FIREWALL OUT ABOUT O.50 INCH DISPLACING THE COWL WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE MOUNT. EXAMINATION OF THE LT STRINGER ASSY, ENG MOUNT UPPER, REVEALED THAT THAT PART HAD CRACKED AND WAS AT NEAR FAILURE. THE ENGINE MOUNTING WAS VERY NEAR FAILURE. NEW PARTS WILL BE INSTALLED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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