What was found
(CAN) DURING MAINTENANCE, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN A FUSELAGE CROSS TIE FOR THE UPPER RT FUSELAGE, IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW. NEW PART HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED TO RECTIFY THIS DEFECT.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2004
- Submitted
- January 5, 2005
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Beech 200BEECH
- Aircraft time
- 13,404 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A41
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB3TN3
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Cross Tie
- Part number
- 97430000115
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fusleage
- Part time
- 14,205 hours, 16,071 cycles
- 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.