What was found
FIRST STRINGER LEFT OF CENTER KEEL CRACKED AT AFT END 1.50 INCHES. THIS CRACKING APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO FLOAT LIGHT MOUNTING PROCEDURES.
- Difficulty date
- April 23, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N521FB
- Make and model
- Hughes 500N
- Aircraft serial
- LN001
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Part number
- 369A250015
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Aft Eng Bay
- Part time
- 5,700 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.