Service difficulty report · Vane · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
March 17, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
22,151 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Vane
Part number
59550396
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
22,322 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) THE FWD RIVET LINE AT THE PIVOT ROD/SKIN ATTACH POINT RIVETS WERE FOUND LOOSE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF THESE RIVETS BEING LOOSE, THERE WAS NO SMOKE TRAILS OR BLACK RESIDUE NOTED ANOUND THESE RIVETS. THIS RIVET LINE IS NOT VISIBLE TO INSPECT WITH THE SEPARATOR INSTALLED ON THE ACFT EXCEPT MAYBE WITH A BORESCOPE, BUT WITH NO VISIBLE SMOKING THERE IS NO WAY TO SEE THIS ISSUE EVEN WITH A BORESCOPE. IF THIS SEAM BECAME DETACHED, THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR INGESTION OF PIECES INTO THE COMPRESSOR OF THE ENGINE. THE RIVETS WERE REPLACED AND THE VANE WAS RE-INSTALLED SERVICEABLE.

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