Service difficulty report · Spar · Beech A100

Difficulty date
April 10, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
14,135 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Part number
501200744
Condition
Damaged
Location
Wing
Part time
14,340 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) ON A ROUTINE NDT WING FITTING INSPECTION (AS PER THE SIRM), IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FASTENERS THAT HOLD THE FITTING ON THE SPAR HAD WORKED LOOSE AND HAD BEEN "SMOKING". IN ORDER TOO INVESTIGATE FURTHER, THE WINGS HAD TO BE REMOVED AS WELL AS THE WING END RIB FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE FASTENERS INSTALLED HAD NOT BEEN THE "HUCK BOLTS" REQUIRED AS PER THE IPC, NOR WHERE THEY THE CORRECT LENGTH, IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL THE FASTENERS HAD BEEN "SHANKED OUT" CAUSING THEM TO WORK LOOSE OVER TIME. FURTHER NDT FOUND THAT THERE WAS CORROSION/CRACKS IN MOST OF THE HOLES MEASURING UP TO .005. BEECHCRAFT WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEY PROVIDED A FIELD REPAIR FOR THE CORROSION, OVERSIZE HOLES, FWD SPAR, LH/RH WING, UPPER AND LOWER FITTINGS. THE REPAIR WAS CARRIED OUT I.A.W THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE WINGS EVER BEING OFF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TECHNICAL RECORDS. SO IT IS INCONCLUSIVE WHERE THE IMPROPER FASTENERS HAD BEEN INSTALLED.

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