Service difficulty report · Frame · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
May 11, 2020
Submitted
May 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440RA
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
174
Aircraft time
39,229 hours, 55,240 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Buckled
Location
Fuselage
Part time
39,229 hours, 55,240 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

UPON SCHEDULED UNDERFLOOR INSPECTION, FOUND FRAME 16F RIB WEBBING AT BL 0.0 SLIGHTLY BUCKLED OR DEFORMED. A DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED, USING 2024 T3 MATERIAL OF 0.040" THICKNESS, APPROXIMATELY 39.5" LONG BY 3.75" WIDE. DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED USING UNIVERSAL MS20470 RIVETS. CRITERIA FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE REPAIR WAS FOUND IN THE CASA 212 SRM, AND A FORM 337 WAS FILED.