Service difficulty report · Skin · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
April 27, 2004
Submitted
June 10, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460BG
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
90
Aircraft time
2,789 hours, 1,986 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
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

LITE TO MODERATE TO SEVERE CORROSION ON FUSELAGE WHERE ANTENNAS ARE MOUNTED. CORROSION UNDER AND AROUND SIX DIFFERENT ANTENNAS ON LOWER FUSELAGE FROM FRAME 9 AFT TO FRAME 20.DME 1, FLITEPHONE, TCAS, DME 2, ATC 1, AND ATC 2. ANTENNAS REMOVED, CLEANED & EVALUATED. SURFACES OF FUSELAGE UNDER ANTENNAS WERE BLENDED & CLEANED FREE OF CORROSION. MINIMUM THICKNESS OF BLENDED AREAS WERE MEASURED BY AN ULTRASONIC THICKNESS TESTER AND MEASUREMENTS WERE FOUND TO BE AS FOLLOWS; .037 INCH AT FS 137.79, .037 INCH AT FS 151.19, .032 INCH AT 184.99, .032 INCH AT FS 222.19, .036 INCH AT FS 280.00, AND .017 INCH AT FS 302.59. THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE THICKNESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAR 60 SRM CH 53-10-00 PG 102 IS .037 INCH.