SDR 97ZZZX6231

Service difficulty report · Structure · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
November 15, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N226G
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1122
Part
Structure
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 539.75
Part time
2,875 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 SCHEDULED C/W BAG COMPT BEHIND PANEL INSP PER CMP CODE 532045, CORROSION WAS NOTED WHERE STR 2L PASSED THROUGH BULKHEAD 539.75. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT POTABLE WATER HOSE ASSY LOCATED ABOVE HEADLINER IN LAVATORY AREA HAD OVERHEATED WHICH LED TO CONDENSATION FORMATION IN THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE HOSE. DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT ON STRINGERS, CLIPS, BRACKETS, AND THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DOOR POST BETWEEN THE LAVATORY AND BAG COMPT. PRESSURE TESTING AND ELECTRICAL TESTING OF THE HOSE ASSY REVEALED NO DEFECTS. THE CLOSE CONFINES OF THE AREA WHERE THE HOSE IS INSTALLED MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. CYCLES, 1,534.