Service difficulty report · Tube · Airtrc AT802A

Difficulty date
November 18, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airtrc AT802A
Aircraft time
1,650 hours
Part
Tube
Part number
110297
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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 WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A ROUTINE WELD OVERLAP REPAIR, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A CRACK. .7500 OF THE DIAMETER OF TUBE NUMBER 11029-7, AT802 IPC REF FUSELAGE GRP 1 ITEM 169, WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AROUND DIAMETER OF TUBE RT SIDE.