SDR AU990478

Service difficulty report · Frame · Robsin R22ALPHA

Difficulty date
May 12, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Robsin R22ALPHA
Engine
Lyc O320B2C
Part
Frame
Part number
A02020
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

(AUS) FUSELAGE UPPER FRAME ASSEMBLY CRACKED AT THE EDGE OF THE WELDED JOINT ON THE DIAGONAL STRUT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER FRAME HEXAGONAL BOLT ATTACHMENT POINT AND THE REAR RIGHT MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION MOUNTING BOLT TRUNNION. INVESTIGATION OF WITNESS MARKS FOUND THAT A SMALL PORTION OF THE CRACK HAD EXISTED ON THE TOP INNER SURFACE OF THE TUBE FOR SOME TIME.