SDR 99ZZZX1048

Service difficulty report · Window · Cessna 421C

Difficulty date
February 26, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N81RD
Make and model
Cessna 421C
Aircraft serial
421C0291
Part
Window
Part number
51116052
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,437 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 DISASSEMBLY FOR AIRFRAME REFURBISHMENT, WINDOWS AT LT PILOT SIDE (PN 511160503) AND AT CABIN DOOR, LT MOST AFT, RT EMERGECY EXIT, RT IMMEDIATELY AFT OF EMERG EXIT, RT TWO MOST AFT WERE FOUND TO HAVE COMPRESSION TYPE 'FLAKING AND CHIPPING' DAMAGE AND/OR CRACKS RADIATING FROM SCREW HOLES TO EDGE. ALL HAD BACK-UP RING IN PLACE (EXCEPT PILOT SIDE WINDOW). PRESENCE OF SEALANT IN SOME DAMAGED AREAS SEEMS TO INDICATE SOME DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATION. SUBMITTER STATED EXTREME CARE MUST BE EXERCISED IN THIS INSTALL TO ASSURE HOLES ARE ALIGNED, SIZED, AND SCREWS ARE TORQUED SLOWLY AND EVENLY IN SMALL INCREMENTS.

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