Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
December 13, 1999
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft time
3,615 hours
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
65210008
Condition
Canning
Location
Rt Stub Wing
Part time
3,613 hours, 3,620 cycles
Component
Plates/Skins (On · Cessna
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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) 2 STIFFENERS WERE FOUND FWD OF THE REAR SPAR ON THE RIGHT WING, RIVETED TO SUBJECT SKIN PANEL. BOTH STIFFENERS WERE FOUND CRACKED. NO IPC REFERENCE TO THE STIFFENERS EXISTED AND THE SUBMITTER QUESTIONED CESSNA ABOUT THEM. CESSNA STATED THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY TO PREVENT SKIN OIL CANNING BUT THERE WAS NO DATA TO APPPROVE THEIR INSTALLATION. CESSNA REQUESTED THAT THE STIFFENERS BE REMOVED AND THE SKIN PANEL BE MONITORED FOR CRACKING.

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