Service difficulty report · Diffuser · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 22, 2004
Submitted
July 27, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N694QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605194
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Part
Diffuser
Part number
662128132
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
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

FOUND LT AND RT IB LE SKIN WHERE IT JOINS CUFF SKIN RIVETS FOUND COCKED IN HOLES WITH HEAD COCKED ABOVE SURFACE. TO REPLACE RIVETS THE LE HAD TO BE REMOVED, UPON REMOVAL, NOTICED DIFFUSER WAS CRACKED 2 PLACES AND KRINKLED IN 2 PLACES WITH A LITTLE BROWNING ON PRIMER. CRACKS WENT VERTICAL AND WERE 1.0 INCH LONG. SINCE AC WAS IN FOR AN INSP, THE PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. .

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