Service difficulty report · Skin · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
June 22, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Aircraft time
19,932 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A34
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Skin
Part number
C3WA411
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap
Part time
118 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

PILOT REPORTED SLIGHT VIBRATION IN FLAPS. UPON INSP, BEFORE THE NEXT FLIGHT, THE RT AILERON WAS FOUND TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CRACKING IN MULTIPLE AREAS WITH A PORTION OF THE T/E (APROX 18 INCHES LONG AND 1 INCH FWD) BLOWN OUT. THIS AILERON HAD 118.4 HOURS SINCE IT HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REPAIRED WITH NEW SKIN SECTIONS. DISASSEMBLY OF THE SKINS RESULTED IN IDENTIFYING AT LEAST 2 NOSE RIBS WHICH WERE ALSO FOUND CRACKED. THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS WERE REPLACED NEW AT TIME OF REPAIR WITH THE SKINS. THE FOLLOWING PARTS: WERE FOUND DEFECTIVE. C3WF3-5 W/O-54317/1 MFG 20-SEP-08, C3WF3-6 WO-51151/1 MFG 08-JUL-08, C3WA4-11 WO-61731/1 MFG 05-FEB-08. ALL 4 SKIN SECTIONS (C3WA4-11) WERE REPLACED AT TIME OF THE SIGNIFICANT REPAIR.