SDR CA121122001

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Beech A100

Difficulty date: November 20, 2012
Submitted: September 14, 2015
Operation: General aviation
Make and model: Beech A100
Engine: Pwa PT6A28
Propeller: Hartzl HCD4N3C
System (JASC): 5510 · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure
Part: Bracket
Part number: 115440312
Condition: Cracked
Location: Horizontal Stab
Part time: 19,490 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) DURING STABILIZER STABILIZER POINT INSPECTION, THE RT PIVOT WAS FOUND TO HAVE PLAY. DURING BEARING REPLACEMENT, IT WAS FOUND THE BRACKET PN 115-44031-2 WAS CRACKED. THE CRACK IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE HINGE IS DISMANTLED. AS A PRECAUTION, THE LT HINGE WAS DISMANTLED, NO CRACK WAS FOUND.

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