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Home » Magazine Archives » February 2004

Aircraft Maintenance Technology

Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:26 PM GMT-05:00

Blind Fasteners

Although it was the CherryLock blind rivet in this incident, it's important to double-check any solid to blind rivet conversion. Err on the side of caution. The moral is don't assume you can use blind rivets, but check with the manufacturer.

Additional ReSources

NTSB Identification: NYC97FA076
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

Advisory Circulars
http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet

Textron Fastening Systems
Textronfasteningsystems.com/aerospace