FAA inspector grounded an atx small transport during preflight inspection due to a cracked deice shield causing damage to the wing trailing edge flap.

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Attributes
ACN	331811
Time
Date	199603
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ind
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	331811
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : assigned or threatened penalties
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft grounded by FAA due to cracks in ice shield and minor chaffing of flaps. Being that ice shields are not structural and chaffing damage to flaps is in non structural area, I feel the FAA investigation to be unwarranted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FAA INSPECTOR GNDED AN ATX SMT DURING PREFLT INSPECTION DUE TO A CRACKED DEICE SHIELD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING TRAILING EDGE FLAP.

Narrative: ACFT GNDED BY FAA DUE TO CRACKS IN ICE SHIELD AND MINOR CHAFFING OF FLAPS. BEING THAT ICE SHIELDS ARE NOT STRUCTURAL AND CHAFFING DAMAGE TO FLAPS IS IN NON STRUCTURAL AREA, I FEEL THE FAA INVESTIGATION TO BE UNWARRANTED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.