Service difficulty report · Fitting · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
February 27, 2002
Submitted
March 21, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
16,120 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Fitting
Part number
4029400
Condition
Cracked
Location
Wing
Part time
16,370 hours, 16,370 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) INSPECTION REVEALED A SMALL CRACK IN THE WEB WHERE IT JOINS THE LOWER RIGHT BOLT HOLE.THE CRACK RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE WEB.PART TIME IS UNKNOWN, TIME GIVEN IS AIRFRAME TIME.

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