Service difficulty report · Frame · Beech E90

Difficulty date
August 22, 2006
Submitted
October 3, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech E90
Aircraft time
22,177 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Frame
Part number
504200285758
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 176
Part time
22,986 hours
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.

What was found

(CAN) LT SIDE OF FUSELAGE, DISCOVERED 4 LOOSE RIVETS AT FS 176.5. MAINTENANCE DEPT REMOVED INTERIOR TO INVESTIGATE DEFECT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FRAME MEMBER P/N 50-420028-57 WAS CRACKED IN SEVEN SPOTS. MAINTENANCE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE THE RIGHT HAND OF FUSELAGE EVEN THOUGH NO INDICATION FROM OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT. ONLY THREE CRACKS WERE DISCOVERED THERE TO FRAME P/N 50-420028-58. TOTAL CYCLES SINCE LAST DETAILED FUSELAGE INSPECTION OF THESE AREAS IN 1859. REPETITIVE EVERY 3000 CYCLES. NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE NOTED. (TC NR 20060822006)

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