What was found
STRINGER CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 1.50 INCHES LONG AT AFT END. FIRST STRINGER TO RIGHT OF KEEL AT CENTER. THIS CRACKING APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO FLOAT LIGHT MOUNTING PROCEDURE.
- 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
- 369A250016
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Aft End 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.