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.

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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.