Service difficulty report · Longeron · Dhav DHC7102

Difficulty date
February 13, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC7102
Aircraft time
39,275 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A50
Propeller
Hamstd 24PF305
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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) WHILE CONDUCTING A CORROSION INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE NR 1 NACELLE OTBD LONGERON CHANNEL, PN 75410103-105 AND LONGERON ANGLE, PN 75410104-103 AND NR 4 NACELLE INBD LONGERON CHANNEL, PN 75410119-106 AND LONGERON ANGLE, PN 75410120-104. THE CRACKS WERE FOUND EMANATING FROM UNDER HOOK PLATE, PN 77140266-101 ON THE CHANNELS WHERE THE AFT ENGINE COWL, LOWER LATCH PIN, LOCKS THE COWLING TO THE NACELLE. DAMAGE OF A SIMILAR NATURE WAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND ON ANOTHER ACFT. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONGERON CHANNELS AND ANGLES ON THE OTBD NACELLES DIFFERS FROM THE INBD NACELLES. THE INBD NACELLE LONGERONS ARE MFG FROM 7075 MATERIAL WHERE AS THE OTBD NACELLE LONGERONS ARE MFG FROM 2024 T3. IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT OVER TIME THE STRESS OF THE COWL LATCH PIN IMPOSED ON THIS STRUCTURE ON THE OTBD NACELLES IS CAUSING THE CRACKS. THE CHANNELS AND ANGLES WERE REPLACED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.