Service difficulty report · Latch · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
December 5, 2017
Submitted
December 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N107B
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
165
Aircraft time
14,031 hours, 17,474 cycles
Part
Latch
Part number
CA260001
Condition
Worn
Location
Zone 400
Part time
14,031 hours, 17,474 cycles
Component
Cowling · Casa
Component part number
212531051
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE RIGHT ENGINE INBOARD ACCESS COWLING (PN: 212-53105-1) DISENGAGED ALLOWING THE COWLING TO OPEN IN FLIGHT. THE COWLING DID NOT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE LATCHES WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED, BUT THE FORWARD LATCH SHOWED SIGNS WEAR TO THE HOOK AND MOST LIKELY DISENGAGED ALLOWING THE AIR-STREAM TO ENTER THE COWLING OVERLOADING THE 2 REMAINING LATCHES.