Service difficulty report · Screw · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
May 18, 2025
Submitted
May 20, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N389QS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800149
Aircraft time
15,279 hours, 10,167 cycles
Part
Screw
Condition
Loose
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
DE
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FERRY LEG FROM KSWO TO KDAL AND WAS FLOWN AT 17000, ON AN INITIAL SIGHTING OF A THUNDERSTORM WE TURNED WEST FROM A SOUTH WEST ARRIVAL HEADING AND DESCENDED FROM 17000 TO 9000 AND REDUCED AIRSPEED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A CLEAN CONFIGURATION AND SPEED REDUCED TO 200KTS. FLOW TO DALLAS HAD JUST BEEN OPENED AND TURBULENCE WAS EXPECTED. WE WERE IN VMC CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF SEVERE TURBULENCE. WE WERE ON SUTOPILOT AT THE TIME SND AT NO POINT DID IT DISENGAGE. THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED 2800-3100 LBS OF FUEL CORRECTIVE ACTION; TECHS PERFORMED THE SEVERE AIR TURBULENCE OR SEVERE MANEUVERS INSPECTION PER AMM 05-50-00. FOUND LOOS SCREWS ON RT WING LEADING EDGE. RESECURED FASTERNS AS REQUIRED PER AMM 20-10-65. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.