Service difficulty report · Pressure Panel · Skrsky S64F

Difficulty date
March 4, 2003
Submitted
July 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N158AC
Make and model
Skrsky S64F
Aircraft serial
64081
Part
Pressure Panel
Part number
6510111016041
Part serial
EAC2352
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
1,911 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PRESSURE PLATE (PN 65101-11016-041) FOUND CRACKED. MAIN ROTOR HEAD (MRH) REMOVED FROM SERVICE DUE TO SEVERE STORM DAMAGE WITH A TT 3772.9 AND A TSO 754. DURING OVERHAUL OF MRH, A CRACK INDICATION WAS DETECTED IN PRESSURE PLATE (PN 65101-11016-041) DURING FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSP. CRACK LOCATED ON EAR/LUG STARTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF .120 INCH AND .060 INCH RADIUS TRANSITION APPROXIMATELY .300 INCH IN LENGTH. PROBABLE CAUSE: SHARP RADIUS IN AN AREA WHERE THREE RADII INTERSECT. RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE: HOLD RADIUS DIMENSIONS TO HIGH END OF TOLERANCE. REWORK TO APPROVED REPAIR PROCEDURE WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.