SDR HEEA060627

Service difficulty report · Panel · Bell 412

Difficulty date
February 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N107X
Make and model
Bell 412
Aircraft serial
33113
Part
Panel
Part number
205032811077A
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Tail Boom
Component
212030100121
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PANEL ASSEMBLY MISMANUFACTURED. CONTOUR OF PANEL DOES NOT FIT TAILBOOM ASSY. WHEN PANEL IS PLACED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE TAILBOOM, THERE IS A GAP OF APPROXIMATELY .25 INCH. WHEN THE PANEL IS CLAMPED TO THE TAILBOOM TO ELIMINATE THIS GAP, THE UPPER AND LOWER ATTACH FLANGES ARE PUSHED AWAY FROM THE LONGERONS CREATING A .25 INCH GAP.

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