# SDR 2002FA0000493

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 1, 2002
- Submitted: April 18, 2002
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N787C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787C), registered now
- Make and model: Swrngn SA227AC
- Aircraft serial: AC550
- System (JASC): [5712 · Wing, Rib/Bulkhead](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5712)
- Part: Rib
- Part number: 2731023016
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Rt Wing
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2002FA0000493

## Discrepancy

LOCATED AND MARKED END OF CRACKS AT WS 81.174 ON RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS IN THE LOWER RADIOUS OF THE WING RIBS.  BOTH CRACKS WERE APPROX. 6 INCHES LONG AND FOLLOWED THE RADIUS FORWARD AND AFT.

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