SDR 96ZZZX2239

Service difficulty report · Channel · Gulstm 690A

Difficulty date
April 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N333CA
Make and model
Gulstm 690A
Aircraft serial
11136
Part
Channel
Part number
41000885
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Part time
4,132 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING C/W AD 95-13-02 IAW SB 218 PART 2, VERTICAL STABILIZER CHANNEL WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE BEND RADIUS. A NEW PART WAS MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AND TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS IAW 43.131A. REASSEMBLY WAS C/W - NO PROBLEMS. THIS CHANNEL WAS NOT IN THE AREA TO BE INSPECTED PER SB 218. NOTE: THIS WAS THE 3RD AIRCRAFT FOUND WITH THE SAME CHANNEL CRACKED. SUGGEST A MUCH FURTHER INSPECTION OF VERTICAL STABILIZER WHILE C/W SB 218.