Service difficulty report · Adapter · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
June 26, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Part
Adapter
Part number
S92384120000
Condition
Corroded
Location
Tcas Antenna
Part time
1,210,536 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) WE FOUND CORROSION ON THE BOTTOM, TCAS ANTENNA ADAPTER, AT THE SAME TIME WE REALISED THAT THE COUNTERSINK FASTENERS HOLES WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE. NEW ONE WAS ORDERED FROM THE TYPE CERTIFICATE HOLDER AND THE NEW TCAS ANTENNA ADAPTER RECEIVED HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THE COUNTERSINKS ARE ON THE CURVED SIDE OF THE ADAPTER, THE ONE IN CONTACT WITH THE A/C SKIN THEY SHOULD BE ON THE FLAT SIDE. PART ARE IN QUARANTINE AND TREAT AS (SUP). WEE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE TYPE CERTIFICATE OLDER. NOTE: IPC P/N IS S92384120000, NEW P/N IS S92384127-200. (TC# 20190626011)

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