Service difficulty report · Frame · Casa C212200

Difficulty date
August 13, 2025
Submitted
August 15, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439RA
Make and model
Casa C212200
Aircraft serial
287
Aircraft time
41,286 hours, 67,231 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
21223201031
Condition
Buckled
Location
Zone 100
Part time
41,286 hours, 67,231 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

LH FWD FRAME OF THE LOWER RAMP OPENING (P/N 212-23201-03-1) IS BUCKLED BETWEEN FRAME 17+18. REPLACED DAMAGED C CHANNEL 212-23201-03-1 WITH NEW. SEE 337 DATED 08/13/2025 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. IMPACT DAMAGE FOUND IN C CHANNEL 212-23201-03-1 FWD OF F18. REMOVED C CHANNEL AND INTERCOSTALS AT F18. FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTALS FOR F18 FROM 2024T3 ALUMINUM 0.032” THICK. ALL NEW PARTS WERE ACID ETCHED , ALODINED AND PRIMED WITH 511K011 SUPER KOROPON BEFORE INSTALLATION. INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTALS AND C CHANNEL (P/N RA-212-23201-03-1) USING MS20470AD, MS20470E, AND MS20426AD RIVETS AS REQUIRED. C CHANNEL WAS INSTALLED WITH PS890B1/2 ON ALL MATING SURFACES. FIVE RIVETS BETWEEN F17 ANDF18 WERE SUBSTITUTED WITH HL18PB PINS. MATERIALS USED, RIVET SIZE, SPACING, AND REPAIR CRITERIA WERE OBTAINED FROM C212 SRM SECTION IV FIG. 4.28, AC43.13 1B 4.57E (P4-19), AND ORIGINAL INSTALLATION. CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS WILL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT INSPECTION PROGRAM OR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER’S INSPECTION PROGRAM. W&B CONSIDERED NEGLIGIBLE.