Service difficulty report · Skin · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
April 3, 2018
Submitted
April 6, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N245QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
145
Aircraft time
14,024 hours, 8,731 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
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

TWO SPOTS OF BLENDED CORROSION ON TOP SIDE OF L/H WING REQUIRES NDT AND POSSIBLE SUBMITTAL TO FALCON JET. AFTER BLENDING AND NDT THE TWO BLENDS WERE MAPPED AND SUBMITTED TO FALCONJET ENGINEERING FOR REVIEW. FALCONJET ENGINEERING DIVIDED THE SUBMITTAL INTO TWO PROJECTS. FOR THE BLEND ON THE L/H WING TRAILING EDGE UPPER SKIN BETWEEN RIB 14 AND RAIL 6, THICKNESS REMAINING AFTER BLENDING IS STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE PER DFJ LETTER F2000 57-23-2-108 DATED 3/26/18. AT THE SECOND BLEND LOCATION ON THE L/H WING UPPER SURFACE RIB 7 AND CENTER SKIN AFT SEAM THE THICKNESS REMAINING AFTER BLENDING IS STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE PER DFJ LETTER F2000 57-21-2-257 DATED 3/30-2018.