SDR HEEA060628

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
205032816079
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Fuselage
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. WHILE PREPARING TO LOCATE PANEL, NOTICED THAT AREAS OF THE TOP, CORRUGATED SKIN HAD FLAT HIGH POINTS, INSTEAD OF ROUNDED HIGH POINTS. UPON FURTHER OBSERVATION, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE PRIMER COAT IN A FEW AREAS, FOUND THE HIGH POINTS OF THE CORRUGATED SKIN HAD BEEN SANDED THROUGH, APPARENTLY DURING PANEL CLEAN UP.

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