Service difficulty report · Skin · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 3, 2011
Submitted
August 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N236QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
136
Aircraft time
8,754 hours, 5,544 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Loose
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXPERIENCED A LOW FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS & SOMETIMES PULSATING VIBRATION DURING CLIMB & DECENT. OCCURRED AT ABOUT FL 200 UNTIL CRUISE. STARTING ABOUT 280KT IAS & CONTINUING UNTIL ABOUT .82M. IN CRUISE, SEEMED TO DIMISH ABOVE .82M & REOCCURED ABOUT .78M SLOWING. SOUND SIGNIFICANTLY LOUDER IN REAR OF ACFT & SEEMED TO BE LOCATED BENEATH CABIN FLOOR. FOUND SCREWS LOOSE ON SKIN PANEL. RETORQUED LOOSE SCREWS. CLEANED OUTFLOW VALVES & MANOMETRIC BOX INLETS. PERFORMED VIBRATION SURVEY ON LT & RT ENGINES. PERFORMED BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF NR 2 ENGINE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR. NO DEFECTS FOUND. BORESCOPE OF RT ENGINE & VIBRATION SURVEY PERFORMED & FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW MM 72-00-00.