Service difficulty report · Bolt · Dhav DHC2MKI

Difficulty date
April 22, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC2MKI
Aircraft time
14,970 hours
Engine
Pwa R985AN14B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3R304
Part
Bolt
Part number
MS21042
Condition
Broken
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
105 hours
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) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACHMENT BRACKETS, PN C2-TP-160, DURING A ROUTINE 100 HR INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RT STABILIZER ATTACHMENT BRACKET C2-TP-160 HAD 2 OF THE 3 ATTACHMENT BOLTS, PN NAS144-14, NUTS MS21042 WERE SPLIT IN HALF AND RESTED BELOW THE ATTACHMENT BOLTS. THIS ACFT STABILIZER WAS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT SB 2/47, REV E AND WAS REINSTALLED WITH NEW HARDWARE. IN REVIEW OF THIS FAILURE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BROKEN NUTS, PN MS21042 WERE INFERIOR, POSSIBLY BAD BATCH. AS A PRECAUTION MEASURE THIS STABILIZER WAS REMOVED AND AD CF-1991-42-R1 AND THE S/B 47, REV E WAS CARRIED OUT AND INSPECTED, THEN NEW HARDWARE USED, NUTS PN MS21044NS INSTEAD OF MS21042. THERE WAS AN AMO FINDING GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE AND FORWARDED TO TECH SUPPORT DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION.