Flying again!
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Just finished the condition inspection on my RV-10 and saw again the value of having different eyes looking at the plane.
I bought the -10 Aug 2011 and this is the 3rd condition inspection. This year I decided to have another A&P look at it after having another A&P do the first 2.
When David was looking at the tail he found that there were 9 rivets missing from both the top and bottom of flanges HS-1002 and HS-1013! these were match drilled and dimpled but the original builder neglected step 2 on page 8-6 of the plans which tells you to install 9 rivets on the top and 9 on the bottom! This is easy to see once the fairing at the base of the rudder is removed. Tail came off, rivets installed and put back together.
This was in plain sight and was missed during the original airworthiness inspection in 2005, the subsequent annual condition inspections, the week long very thorough airworthiness inspection in Canada when it was sold there, and by the DAR here when I re-imported it in 2011 and had to have another airworthiness inspection. At least 16 inspections and it was not caught until now! I can't believe I missed it too!
Just wanted to show how things can be missed and a new set of eyes can be very beneficial.
TJ
I bought the -10 Aug 2011 and this is the 3rd condition inspection. This year I decided to have another A&P look at it after having another A&P do the first 2.
When David was looking at the tail he found that there were 9 rivets missing from both the top and bottom of flanges HS-1002 and HS-1013! these were match drilled and dimpled but the original builder neglected step 2 on page 8-6 of the plans which tells you to install 9 rivets on the top and 9 on the bottom! This is easy to see once the fairing at the base of the rudder is removed. Tail came off, rivets installed and put back together.
This was in plain sight and was missed during the original airworthiness inspection in 2005, the subsequent annual condition inspections, the week long very thorough airworthiness inspection in Canada when it was sold there, and by the DAR here when I re-imported it in 2011 and had to have another airworthiness inspection. At least 16 inspections and it was not caught until now! I can't believe I missed it too!
Just wanted to show how things can be missed and a new set of eyes can be very beneficial.
TJ