What was found
WHILE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE SURFACE CORROSION ON THE LEFT WING TO FORWARD SPAR HINGE CAP DURING THE 12-MONTH SPAR CAP INSPECTION PER CHAPTER 5 OF THE MM, AN APPROXIMATE 2.6 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY WS 153.735.
- Difficulty date
- November 18, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N290SJ
- Make and model
- Beech 200BEECH
- Aircraft serial
- BB290
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 1011100303
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 10,006 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.