What was found
(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED LOUD NOISE COMING FROM EMERGENCY EXIT. WHEN ENGINEER REMOVED EMERGENCY EXIT, FOUND CRACK ACROSS MIDDLE 2 LIGHTNING HOLES WHICH SPAN THE CENTER STOP. FRAME WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2013
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Beech 100BEECH
- Aircraft time
- 17,393 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A28
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCD4N3C
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Door Frame
- Part number
- 11543010016
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Emergency Exit
- 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.