Service difficulty report · Stringer · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
November 5, 2013
Submitted
January 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N348CA
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
175
Aircraft time
21,290 hours, 22,531 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110R
Engine time
6,597 hours, 8,334 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4M
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargo Door
Component
Cargo Door · Casa
Component part number
212235001
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

CRACKS ON & IN THE VICINITY OF THE AFT UPPER DOOR WERE FOUND. ON 22-NOV-13 5 CRACKS WERE REPAIRED IAW THE SRM. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN UNTIL 27-NOV-13 WHEN THE DOM BECAME AWARE OF THE CRACKS, UPON READING THE E-MAIL & THEN PULLED THE ACFT OUT OF SERVICE. THIS E-MAIL WAS RESPONDED TO ON 2-DEC-13.