Service difficulty report · Diffuser · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
July 5, 2012
Submitted
July 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800010
Aircraft time
6,178 hours
Part
Diffuser
Part number
695213010
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Engine
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

DURING SCHEDULED MX, FOUND RT ENGINE INLET LIP DIFFUSER TUBE CRACKED. WHEN WE WERE REPLACING THIS TUBE WE FOUND THIS FLANGE WAS CRACKED 1.75 INCHES FROM THE END OF THIS PART. THE ENGINE INLET PN 6952100-5 HAS 3 OF OF THESE FLANGES THAT MAKE A COMPLETE CIRCLE AROUND THE INLET LIP. THE OTHER FLANGES WERE CRACK FREE. THE FLANGE CRACK WAS LOCATED AT THE 1 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE INLET. AN SCR AND PICTURES HAVE BEEN SENT TO MFG UNDER SCR REPORT NR 627082.