Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Beech B60

Difficulty date
December 7, 2006
Submitted
December 8, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3876C
Make and model
Beech B60
Aircraft serial
P513
Part
Stiffener
Part number
6041002551
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
3,004 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

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, STIFFENER PART NUMBER 60-410025-51 LOCATED UNDER THE NOSE BAGGAGE FLOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE AT STATION 67 BETWEEN THE MAIN AND STANDBY INVERTER WAS FOUND CRACKED AROUND THE HI-LOK FASTENER HOLES. REMOVAL OF THE STIFFENER ALLOWED FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE KEEL PART NUMBER 60-410025-601, WHICH REVEALED CRACKS IN THE WEB WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY OBSCURED BY THE INSTALLED STIFFENER. THE MIRROR IMAGE STIFFENER PART NUMBER 60-410025-49 ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SIMILAR CRACKS WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE KEEL.

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