What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT; FLIGHT 7678 AT PDX PILOT NOTICED CRACK IN RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AFT SPAR STA 55.00. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ELEVATOR. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2009
- Submitted
- July 27, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N711FX
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0433
- Aircraft time
- 7,255 hours, 8,369 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 263401310
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horiz Stab
- Part time
- 7,255 hours, 8,369 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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