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Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
April 27, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N650BD
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft serial
414A0404
Part
Skin
Part number
512200426
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Wing Inbd
Part time
3,316 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 WING BOOT DETERIORATED. UPON REMOVING BOOT AND AFTER REMOVING 1300L, FOUND INBOARD AND UNDERSIDE OF WING SKIN SEVERELY CORRODED. 'THIS IS A WET WING' AND CORROSION WAS ABOUT 18 INCHES FROM EXHAUST OUTLET. SUSPECT THE BOOT HAD BEEN DAMAGED OR JUST DRY ROTTED AND WATER GOT THROUGH THE BOOT AND WAS TRAPPED. BOOTS LOOKED ORIGINAL '1979'.

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