N85SC
Registered owner: STRUTHOFF CO INC, TX (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
RT AILERON WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT DUE TO DEBONDING. SKIN OF AILERON WAS DEBONDED IN SEVERAL PLACES ALONG THE RIBS AND SPAR. SUSPECTED CAUSE IS AGE. (K)
THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION AT CRUISE POWER AFTER AN HOUR OF FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT ENGINE WOULD INCREASE IN VIBRATION WITH AN INCREASE IN RPM AND NOT DEVELOP FULL RPM. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE NR 2 CYLINDER HAD BOTH INNER VALVE SPRINGS BROKEN WHICH ALLOWED THE VALVES TO FLOAT AS RPM WAS INCREASED. REPLACEMENT OF THE VALVE SPRINGS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS THE SECOND INSTANCE TO ENCOUNTER A BROKEN INNER VALVE SPRING ON THIS SAME TYPE OF ENGINE.