Service difficulty report · Angle · Dhav DHC7102

Difficulty date
March 22, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC7102
Aircraft time
30,125 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A50
Propeller
Hamstd 24PF305
Part
Angle
Part number
75410103105
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, P/N 75410119-106, LONGERON ANGLE P/N 75410104-104, NR 4 NACELLE, OTBD LONGERON CHANNEL, PN 75410103-106, AND LONGERON ANGLE, PN 75410104-104. BOTH FRAME AND ANGLE BENEATH ARE CRACKED. ALL 3 LONGERONS ARE CRACKED AT THE SAME LOCATION, APPROXIMATELY 44" FROM FRONT OF LONGERON AND .75" FROM OUTSIDE EDGE. CRACKS WERE FOUND EMANATING FROM UNDER BEARING BLOCK, PN 75420978-107, ON THE CHANNELS WHERE THE AFT ENGINE COWL, LOWER LATCH PIN, LOCKS AND COWLING TO THE NACELLE. DAMAGE OF A SIMILAR NATURE WAS FOUND PREVIOUSLY ON OTHER 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, WHEREAS 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 OF THE OTBD NACELLES, IS CAUSING THE CRACKS.