Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Cessna 182A

Difficulty date
May 30, 2000
Submitted
June 19, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5890B
Make and model
Cessna 182A
Aircraft serial
33890
Part
Attach Fitting
Part number
07122071
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Side Empennag
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 ANNUAL INSP, LT SIDE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ATTACH BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED NEXT TO A MOUNT BOLT. APPROX ONE YEAR PRIOR, THE HORIZ STAB HAD BEEN REBUILT. THE SPAR, STRINGERS, AND SKIN HAD BEEN REPLACED. VERY FEW OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS WERE RETURNED TO SERVICE. IT IS BELIEVED THE STABILIZER AND MOUNT BRACKET WERE DAMAGED DURING OR BY GROUND HANDLING THE ACFT BY THE TAIL. THE SMALL CRACK NEXT TO ONE OF THE TWO BOLTS THAT ATTACH IT TO THE ACFT WAS OVERLOOKED. (X)

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