What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
June 4, 2015 approximately 1230 Alaska daylight time, a de havilland DHC-3 equipped with a Honeywell TPE331 turbine engine, experienced a vibration during cruise flight in the vicinity of Skwentna, alaksa. The airman returned to anchorage and landed without incident. The airman examined the airplane and found the skin on the right elvevator servo tab was fractured and the spar structures inside the right elevator were cracked.
As the FAA filed it
JUNE 4, 2015 APPROXIMATELY 1230 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A DE HAVILLAND DHC-3 EQUIPPED WITH A HONEYWELL TPE331 TURBINE ENGINE, EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF SKWENTNA, ALAKSA. THE AIRMAN RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND THE SKIN ON THE RIGHT ELVEVATOR SERVO TAB WAS FRACTURED AND THE SPAR STRUCTURES INSIDE THE RIGHT ELEVATOR WERE CRACKED.
NTSB investigation
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