Service difficulty report · Fairing · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
July 15, 2024
Submitted
August 3, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440RA
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
174
Aircraft time
43,233 hours, 61,795 cycles
Part
Fairing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
43,233 hours, 61,795 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

THE FUSELAGE TO WING FILLET FAIRING, WHERE IT WRAPS AROUND THE FUSELAGE TO ATTACH AT FRAME 5 WAS FOUND CRACKED. THIS IS THE THIRD AIRCRAFT IN OUR FLEET THIS YEAR WITH A SIMILAR CRACK. THERE IS AN AD NOTE ON THE FRAME 5 AND FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKING IN THIS AREA, BUT THE ONLY CRACK WAS IN THE FAIRING ON THESE THREE AIRCRAFT.