Service difficulty report · Bracket · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
April 14, 2016
Submitted
April 14, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N119SA
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft serial
LJ1196
Aircraft time
9,400 hours, 16,551 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Elevator
Part time
9,400 hours, 16,551 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

NOTICED CRACK IN RT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB NEAR ACTUATOR BRACKET. DISCONNECTED ACTUATOR FROM TRIM TAB AND FOUND EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT IN BRACKET. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND FORWARD TWO RIVETS THAT HOLD ACTUATOR ARM TO TRIM TAB HAD SHEARED IN HALF. AND FWD RADIUS OF BEND WAS CRACKED.

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