Service difficulty report · Seat Track · Cessna 150K

Difficulty date
May 31, 2005
Submitted
July 11, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 150K
Aircraft time
6,178 hours
Engine
Cont O200A
Propeller
Mcauly 1A101DCM
Part
Seat Track
Part number
04101342
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
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) AT FWD END OF SEAT TRACKS, 2 SCREWS BEYOND END OF TRACK. SCREWS ATTACH TO ANGLE UNDER FLOOR SKIN. CRACKS ORIGINATE FROM UNDER SCREW HEADS, FWD OF TRACK. TRACK, PILOT'S IB, DOES NOT HAVE UNDER FLOOR ANGLE. THERE WERE NO CRACKS THIS LOCATION. OTHER 3 WERE CRACKED. ONE CRACK ON OB TRACK WAS 3 INCHES LONG. FLOOR AND SEAT RAIL FLEXING UP AND DOWN, ANGLE THAT ATTACHES TO LWR DOOR FRAME AND FLOOR, ALSO FLEXED UP AND DOWN. THIS CHAFED HOLE IN FUEL LINE THAT PASSES UNDER IT, WHICH WAS ORIGINAL PROBLEM. CARPETING IN THIS AREA IS GLUED TO FLOOR, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. WHEN FUEL LEAK BECAME AN ISSUE, CARPET HAD TO BE PEELED UP TO GAIN ACCESS TO FUEL LINE ON PILOT'S SIDE. THEN FIRST CRACKS BECAME KNOWN.

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