Service difficulty report · Frame · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
August 2, 2019
Submitted
August 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N227CK
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
227
Aircraft time
35,945 hours, 28,956 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
FRAME33
Condition
Cracked
Location
Frm 33
Part time
35,945 hours, 28,956 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING AN EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION REQUIRED PER AD 2017-10-01, CRACKS WHERE FOUND IN THE BENDS BETWEEN THE VERTICAL FRAME AND FRAME FLANGE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF FRAME 33. BOTH CRACKS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN STRINGERS 5L AND 6L AND STRINGERS 5R AND 6R. CRACKS TO BE REPAIRED PER DASSAULT FALCON ENGINEERING WITH DOA APPROVAL.