Service difficulty report · Door · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
August 18, 2010
Submitted
August 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N886MA
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE86
Aircraft time
17,531 hours, 23,968 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Door
Part number
11891003829
Condition
Cracked
Location
Guide Vane
Part time
17,531 hours, 23,968 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

WHILE PERFORMING A DETAIL INSP, DISCOVERED ENGINE INTAKE DEICE DOOR GUIDE VANE PN 118-910038-29, WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DEICE DOOR TO WORK FREELY AND CATCHES ON THE L/E OF THE VANE AND ALSO HAD A POPPED RIVET ALONG THE AFT SIDE OF THE VANE. (THIS WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM LOOKING DOWN THE INTAKE OF THE COWL. REMOVED THE GUIDE VANE AND DISCOVERED THE T/E WAS CRACKED APPROX 4.25 INCHES ALONG THE FWD T/E ON THE RT SIDE. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE VANE ALSO FOUND THE LT SIDE ATTACH BRACKET LOCATED INTERNALLY OF THE VANE CRACKED APPROX 1 INCH FROM THE T/E AND UPWARD TO THE CTR OF THE ATTACH BRACKET PN 118-910038-22. INSTALLED THE ICE VANE INSTALLATION KIT PN 129-9016-1.

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