Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
February 26, 2020
Submitted
February 27, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N352CA
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
190
Aircraft time
30,550 hours, 39,968 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Frame 6
Part time
30,550 hours, 39,968 cycles
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

FRAME 6 FLOOR BEAM HAS HEAVY MILLED GUSSETS THAT TIE THE FRAME 6 FLOOR BEAM TO THE FRAME 6 SIDE WALL, BOTH FWD AND AFT OF THE BEAM, ON THE LH AND RH SIDES OF THE BEAM. THERE ARE NUT PLATES CLOSE TO THE ENDS OF THE GUSSETS, AND CORROSION WAS FOUND IN THE GUSSETS WHERE THE NUT PLATE ATTACHED. THE RH SIDE GUSSETS WERE WITHIN OEM ACCEPTABLE LIMITS, BUT THE LH SIDE GUSSETS HAD CORROSION BEYOND THE OEM LIMITS. THE OEM ENGINEERED A REPAIR SCHEME FOR THE CORRODED LOCATIONS, WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED.