What was found
FOUND TIP TANK MOUNTING BULKHEAD CRACKED. REPLACED BULKHEAD. SUBMITTER STATES CRACKING MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN UPWARD FORCE APPLIED TO AFT END OF TIP TANK.
- Difficulty date
- May 30, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- CTUR016D
Fargo Jet Center LLC - Aircraft
- N123KK
- Make and model
- Cessna 340CESSNA
- Aircraft serial
- 3400251
- System (JASC)
- 5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 0823400109
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tip Tank Aft Mt
- Part time
- 5,497 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.