What was found
DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, DISCOVERED VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD LT SPAR CAP ANGLE CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED SPAR CAP ANGLES AND INSTALLED NEW REPAIR SPAR CAP ANGLES WITH SPLICE ANGLES.
- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2014
- Submitted
- October 13, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N81535
- Make and model
- Beech 1900D
- Aircraft serial
- UE147
- Aircraft time
- 33,881 hours, 44,908 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Part number
- 101640113
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.