Service difficulty report · Spar · Bbavia 7GCBC

Difficulty date
September 22, 2005
Submitted
October 5, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5033V
Make and model
Bbavia 7GCBC
Aircraft serial
107079
Aircraft time
1,088 hours
Engine
Lyc O320*
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Wing
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

CRACKED SPAR PLATE AT WING STRUT ATTACHMENT LT WING. APPEARS THAT SOME ONE HAS ATTEMPTED TO ADD GLUE TO PLATE FROM A HOLE CUT INTO FABRIC ON TOP WING. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS CRACK HAS BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME. COULD NOT DETERMINE IF MAIN SPAR CRACKED OR SPLIT. TALKED WITH LAST INSPECTOR AND SAID WING WAS INSPECTED BY PROBE WITH CAMERA ATTACHMENT AND WAS DETERMINED AIRWORTHY AT THAT TIME. (K)