SDR 98ZZZX3251

Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
July 31, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N72ST
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500072
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
5,160 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

AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION, A CRACK WAS VISIBLE COMING OFF THE T/E OF THE OUTER SKIN AT ES 239.49 WHERE THE THRUST REVERSER MEETS THE OUTER SKIN OF THE AFT BODY (WHEN THE THRUST REVERSER IS IN THE STOWED POSITION). UPON INVESTIGATING, DETERMINED THE OUTER SKIN PANELS WERE OIL SATURATED. THE .1250 INCH NOMEX HONEYCOMB CORE WAS FILLED WITH OIL. WHEN THE PAINT AND FILLER LAYERS WERE SANDED AWAY AND THE KEVLAR EXPOSED, OIL IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SEEPING THROUGH THE KEVLAR. IN SOME AREA, ENGINE OIL ACTUALLY DRIPPED OUT.

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