What was found
WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION IN THE VERTICAL STAB, THE RIB FLANGES AT CANTED STAB 24.973 WERE FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED CRACKS TO RIB FLANGE IN ACCORDANCE TO BMM P/N 114-590021-9, 51-70-03.
- Difficulty date
- October 15, 2003
- Submitted
- October 20, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N26YV
- Make and model
- Beech 1900D
- Aircraft serial
- UE26
- Aircraft time
- 23,544 hours, 34,476 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- Part number
- 11464000069
- Part serial
- UE26
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.