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At 22:33 05 December 2019, 2G wrote:
On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 11:15:08 AM UTC-8, Dave Walsh wrote: At 16:14 05 December 2019, 2KA wrote: Yeah, the entire fleet was inspected and repaired as required=20 (years ago), and SH paid for the whole thing. Gliders built at the factory=20 in Germany were found to be affected, as well as those built at=20 contractors. Lynn Alley "2KA" =20 You were lucky! I was in a UK owned DuoDiscus based at=20 Sisteron, France, a few years ago. Wing spar de-bonding was=20 discovered at an annual inspection even though the glider had,=20 in theory, been inspected previously, looking for this specific=20 manufacturing fault. SH DECLINED TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR;=20 if I recall correctly each of us in the 8 man syndicate had to=20 cough up about =C2=A3700....... Dave Walsh This is particularly disturbing, raising the question of the effectiveness = of the original inspection method(s). Do the logbook(s) detail how and when= this inspection was done? How did the current annual discover the de-bondi= ng? Tom The inspections were performed with an endoscope, and the full length of the spar bonding was inspected visually. SH issued a very comprehensive guide to the process. Terry |
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