Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
July 15, 2010
Submitted
July 16, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N423CA
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
240
Aircraft time
16,761 hours, 18,996 cycles
Part
Attach Fitting
Part number
2122415XX
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
16,761 hours, 18,996 cycles
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

3 EA, FUSELAGE SIDE, HORIZ STABILIZER ATTACH FITTINGS WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED AND 3 OTHERS WERE FOUND WITH INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. 6 OF THE 8 ARE BEYOND LIMITS. ONE OF THE FITTINGS THAT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF CRACKS OR CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE BADLY CRACKED.