SDR 0011

Service difficulty report · Frame · Beech E90

Difficulty date
July 25, 2001
Submitted
July 26, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N987GM
Make and model
Beech E90
Aircraft serial
LW65
Aircraft time
9,635 hours, 13,636 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Frame
Part number
5042002857
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
9,635 hours, 13,636 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING COMPLIANCE OF THE 13,000 LANDING INSPECTION ON THE FUSELAGE BULKHEADS CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE 176.5 BULKHEAD ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CRACKS ARE ON THE BULKHEAD FRAME P/N 50-420028-57 AND 50-420028-58, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT WHERE THERE IS A CUTOUT FOR CHANNEL P/N 50-420014-229 AND CHANNEL P/N 50-420014-230. THE CRACKS ARE ABOUT .75 INCH LONG, AND ARE FROM THE CUTOUT MOVING IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION.

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