# SDR AU960655

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 15, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Govt N22B
- Engine: Allsn 250B17B
- Propeller: Hartzl HCA3VF7
- System (JASC): [5530 · Vertical Stabilizer](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5530)
- Part: Tailplane
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Vert Stab Struct
- 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/AU960655

## Discrepancy

(AUS) LH AND RH SECTIONS OF TAILPLANE CRACKED IN EIGHT PLACES - MOST CRACKING WAS FOUND TO ORIGINATE FROM RIVETS IN RIBS AND INTERCOSTAL ANGLES - TWO CRACKS WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE SKIN -  NUMEROUS RIVETS WORKING - FOUND DURING INSPECTION IAW NMD-55-34

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