Service difficulty report · Channel · Beech 58

Difficulty date
January 11, 2002
Submitted
March 27, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9098Q
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH109
Engine
Cont IO520CB
Part
Channel
Part number
969800015
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Nacelle
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

UPPER U-CHANNEL ON ENGINE FIREWALL, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HAND ENGINE NACELLES. CRACK DEVELOPED WHERE ENGINE MOUNT BOLT RUNS THROUGH FIREWALL. PROBABLE CAUSE IS NORMAL ENGINE VIBRATION.

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