Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Tecnam P2012

Difficulty date
June 18, 2020
Submitted
June 22, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N699CA
Make and model
Tecnam P2012
Aircraft serial
010US
Aircraft time
91 hours, 47 cycles
Part
Trunnion
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg
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

THE NLG ATTACH STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED DURING AN INSPECTION INITIATED DUE TO SIMILAR FINDINGS ON OTHER COMPANY AIRCRAFT. THE DAMAGE IS LOCATED AT FWD MOST FUSELAGE BULKHEAD, LWR CENTER SECTION, IN THE AREA CORRESPONDING TO THE NLG MOUNTS. THE STRUCTURE AFT OF NLG BULKHEAD WAS INSPECTED WITH THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS NOTED: 1) THE FWD SECTIONS OF FLOORBOARD SUPPORTS AS THEY ARE RIVETED TO FORWARD-MOST FUSELAGE BULKHEAD ARE CRACKED. TECNAM SB387-CS EDITION 1 REVISION 0 PRESCRIBES REPAIR AND MODIFICATION OF THESE AREAS AND WILL SERVE AS CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS DAMAGE.