SDR 99ZZZM709

Service difficulty report · Channel · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
September 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N232K
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1232
Part
Channel
Part number
1159W201941X
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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 FIRST ROUTINE 72 MONTH INSPECTION ON THIS AIRCRAFT, WHEN RIGHT WING WEDGE WAS REMOVED, INSPECTION FOUND THE INBOARD SUPPORT CHANNEL, P/N 1159W20194-1XD, S/N 860100 WAS CRACKED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY IMPROPER INSTALLATION DURING AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. THE WING WEDGE HAS TO SLOPE TO INTERFACE WITH THE WING. THIS WING WEDGE WAS FLAT, CAUSING STRESS ON THE CHANNEL, WHICH THEN CRACKED. (M)