SDR AU990615

Service difficulty report · Duct · Fokker F27MK500

Difficulty date
July 1, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Fokker F27MK500
Propeller
Rotol R1934304
Part
Duct
Part number
8540153569
Condition
Cracked
Location
Air Distribution
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) LEFT CABIN COMPRESSOR AIR DUCT LOCATED BETWEEN THE SILENCER AND THE WING REAR SPAR P/N 8540-153-569 CRACKED AROUND THE FLANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 85 PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. THE CRACK HAD PENETRATEDTHE FULL DEPTH OF THE FLANGE AND EXHIBITED DELAMINATION AND CORROSION OF THE FLANGE MATERIAL.

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