What was found
WHILE INSPECTING LEFT LOWER ELEVATOR SKIN, NOTICED A 2 INCH CRACK. REMOVED SKIN TO INSPECT INTERNAL COMPONENTS. ALL OK. SKIN HAD CHAFED THROUGH BY RIB IN ELEVATOR RIB LOCATION 19676-00. REPLACED SKIN ON LOWER ELEVATOR WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- February 23, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3070P
- Make and model
- Piper PA23
- Aircraft serial
- 23988
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Elevator
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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