# SDR 97ZZZX2300

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- 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](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5313)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2300

## Discrepancy

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.

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