Service difficulty report · Spar · Bbavia 11CC

Difficulty date
June 8, 2004
Submitted
May 12, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4159E
Make and model
Bbavia 11CC
Aircraft serial
11CC64
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Part number
5147
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
835 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

A CRACK IN THE REAR SPAR OF THE RT WING WAS FOUND. THIS CRACK IS RUNNING WITH THE WOOD GRAIN, AND APPROX 13 INCHES LONG. THE CRACK IS EMANATING LT AND RT OF CENTER FROM THE UPPER BOLT HOLE OF THE MOST IB COMPRESSION STRUT. AFTER DISASSEMBLY IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE COMPRESSION STRUT MOUNT BOLT WAS PREVIOUSLY OVER TIGHTENED, CAUSING CRUSHING OF THE SPAR WOOD, WHICH PRECIPITATED THE CRACK IN THE SPAR.