SDR 97ZZZX3891

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Grob G115C

Difficulty date
August 8, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N115FN
Make and model
Grob G115C
Aircraft serial
82061C1
Part
Bracket
Part number
1079
Condition
Separated
Location
Rt Exhaust
Part time
482 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

RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST/MUFFLER ASSY BRACKET CRACKED AND BECAME SEPARATED AT FIREWALL MOUNT CONTACTING COWLING CAUSING HEAT DAMAGE TO LOWER COMPOSITE COWLING. UPON REMOVAL, NOTED THE INTERNAL BAFFLE IN THE MUFFLER HAD ALSO RECEIVED HEAT DAMAGE, BECAME CORRODED, AND SEPARATED FROM THE WALL OF MUFFLER IN SMALL SECTIONS, BECOMING LODGED IN EXIT PIPE OF EXHAUST ASSY PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE EXIT PORT.