Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 525C

Difficulty date
March 20, 2013
Submitted
March 22, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
AMCR163C
Alticor Inc
Aircraft
N716DV
Make and model
Cessna 525C
Aircraft serial
0049
Aircraft time
558 hours, 488 cycles
Part
Fitting
Part number
YO68N
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
558 hours, 488 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING AN INOP CHECKLIST MGMT SYS, PULLED FLOORBOARD IN FORWARD CABIN TO ACCESS THE CHECKLIST BOX AND FOUND BOX TO BE WET, AND ABOUT 3.5 GALLONS OF WATER IN THE FORWARD SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE BELLY, WHERE NO FUSELAGE DRAINS ARE INSTALLED. ALSO FOUND RESIDUAL WATER BACK AROUND THE AILERON BELLCRANK IN AFT CABIN. JACKED NOSE OF ACFT ABOUT 6 IN TO GET WATER TO COME AFT AND DRAIN OUT OF FUSELAGE DRAINS. WATER THEN MIGRATED FURTHER AFT INTO THE AILERON BELLCRANK. ULTIMATELY FOUND THE Y-FITTING FOR THE ICE DRAWER DRAIN CRACKED AS SOURCE OF WATER. WITH NO DRAINS IN FORWARD FUSELAGE (WHICH IS THE LOW POINT WHEN ON GROUND AND PROPER STRUT HEIGHTS) AND WITH THE EXISTING DRAINS CLOSING UPON PRESSURIZATION, THE WATER OBVIOUSLY FLOWED AFT AND SURROUNDED THE AFT AILERON BELLCRANK IN FLIGHT. OVERALL, THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE WATER TO PROPERLY DRAIN WHILE ON THE GROUND.

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