Service difficulty report · Fairing · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
September 10, 2006
Submitted
September 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434LX
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK274
Aircraft time
5,365 hours, 4,526 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Fairing
Condition
Bent
Location
Thrust Reverser
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE IB TOP END OF THE LT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER FAIRING WAS BENT UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, AND THE BOTTOM WAS BENT DOWN APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH WHERE THE THRUST REVERSER ROD IS HITTING THE FAIRING. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE LT THRUST REVERSER ARM WAS BROKEN.

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