Service difficulty report · Stabilizer · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
September 19, 2008
Submitted
October 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N122UX
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE122
Part
Stabilizer
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

MAJOR REPAIR ACFT N122UX WHILE TAXIING THE ACFT TO THE GATE THE PILOTS STRUCK A JETWAY WITH THE TAIL OF THE ACFT DAMAGING THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED AND TWISTED TO THE LT FROM VERTICAL STABILIZER POSITION CSS 39.289 TO CSS 69.184. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED AT THE RT HAND OTBD EDGE AT HSS 110.63.

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