Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
April 18, 1999
Submitted
May 2, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N41UE
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC41
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
25,889 hours
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

ON ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND A .5 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT FUSELAGE STATION 544.25, WATER LINE 113.00. THIS LOCATION HAS A BULKHEAD AND STRINGER JOINT LOCATED BEHIND IT. THE BULKHEAD FLANGE WAS ALSO CRACKED AT THIS LOCATION. NO CAUSE FOR THE CRACK COULD BE DETERMINED FROM A VISUAL INSPECTION. ALL DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED IAW THE BEECH STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL. (M)

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