Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 152

Difficulty date
September 24, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 152
Aircraft time
9,672 hours
Engine
Lyc O235L2C
Part
Fitting
Part number
04311481
Condition
Fractured
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT BROUGHT TO MX DUE TO ACFT NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY, VERTICAL STABILATOR WAS INSPECTED AND A FRACTURE WAS FOUND IN THE BRACKET. IT APPEARED TO BE A STRESS FRACTURE IN THE FITTING. WE WOULD LIKE ALL CESSNA OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE TAIL HITS THE GROUND OR IT RUBS THE GROUND IN ANY WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE INSPECTED. THIS ACFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED APPROX 50 HOURS PRIOR AND THERE WAS NO FRACTURE AT THAT TIME. ALL OF THE FITTINGS AND BOLTS RELATED TO THE ATTACH POINT OF THE VERTICAL FIN WERE REPLACED AND THE FIN WAS INSPECTED FOR ANY DAMAGE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE FITTINGS ON ALL 152`S AND IF FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECOMES APPARENT TO US WE WILL UP DATE.

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