Service difficulty report · Skin · Frchld FH227D

Difficulty date
December 27, 2007
Submitted
December 27, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Frchld FH227D
Part
Skin
Part number
16920
Condition
Cracked
Location
Elevator
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 SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH ELEVATOR STATIC WICK BASES APPROX. BL 84.0 ON BOTH LTAND RT ELEVATOR CONTROL SURFACES. A SECOND AIRCRAFT IN THE FLEET REVEALED A SIMILIAR CRACK UNDERNEATH THE STATIC BASE ON THE RT ELEVATOR ONLY. SUSPECT THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY VIBRATION ON STATIC WICK IN THE SLIPSTREAM OF THE ENGINES. REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-90-04 REPAIR SCHEME NR 6.