Service difficulty report · Brace · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
December 8, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
15,212 hours
Part
Brace
Part number
9981002827
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE THE AME WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR A BLEED AIR SYSTEM LEAK HE NOTICED A HAIRLINE CRACK ON A MLG ASSY. AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE PRESENCE OF A CRACK WAS CONFIRMED. THE SECOND MLG ASSY WAS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED CRACKED AS WELL. ALL THE COMPANY KING AIR FLEET WAS INSPECTED AND ANOTHER MLG ASSY WAS FOUND CRACKED ALL THOSE 3 UNITS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CRACKED ASSY WERE FOUND ON A/C S/N BB-10 AND BB-99. THE OTHER TWO A/C WITH S/N HIGHER THAN 500 WHERE FOUND WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL OF MLG ASSY AND NO CRACKS WHERE FOUND.