Service difficulty report · Spar · Gulstm 112

Difficulty date
January 22, 2004
Submitted
January 22, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1064
Make and model
Gulstm 112
Aircraft serial
64
Aircraft time
2,100 hours
Part
Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rudder
Part time
2,100 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CRACKS FOUND ADJACENT TO UPPER HINGE BRACKET ATTACH HOLES ON RUDDER SPAR. FOUR CRACKS FOUND, EACH BETWEEN .7500 INCH AND 1 INCH LONG. ONE WAS VISIBLE, OTHERS FOUND USING DYE PENTRANT. CRACKS CANNOT BE SEEN WITHOUT REMOVAL OF THE HINGE BRACKET.