Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Cessna 404CESSNA

Difficulty date
November 20, 2000
Submitted
February 1, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 404CESSNA
Aircraft time
12,757 hours
Engine
Cont GTSIO520M
Propeller
Mcauly 3FF32C501
Part
Bulkhead
Part number
58111491
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
12,758 hours
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

(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSP BULKHEAD REFD ABOVE FOUND CRACKED. BULKHEAD IS LOCATED AT STA 115 BENEATH FLOOR & ATTACHED TO AFT SIDE IS A PULLEY FOR RUDDER PEDAL BALANCE CABLE. CRACK EXTENDED FROM A LARGE LIGHTENING HOLE TO A SMALLER HOLE USED FOR RUDDER PEDAL BALANCE CABLE. ADDITIONALLY, A 2ND CRACK WAS DISCOVERED EXTENDING FROM OTHER BALANCE CABLE HOLE TO A HOLE PROVIDED FOR CNTL CABLE ROUTING. BULKHEAD HAD BEEN PREV REPD BY ANOTHER OPERATOR BUT FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE. A DAR WAS CONTACTED TO PROVIDE A REPAIR SCHEME WHICH WAS THEN IMPLEMEN TED.QUITE PROBABLY THIS CRACKING IS CAUSED BY FLEXING OF BULKHEAD WHEN BOTH PEDALS ARE DEPRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY.