What was found
MAJOR REPAIR - DURING A SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSPECTION, FOUND FOUR CRACKS AT A MACHINED HOLE AT 2, 8, 10, & 4 O'CLOCK POSITIONS AT THE HORIZONTAL STAB AFT SPAR WEB AT HSS 0.0, .73" IN LENGTH.
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2012
- Submitted
- March 23, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N170GL
- Make and model
- Beech 1900D
- Aircraft serial
- UE170
- Aircraft time
- 32,707 hours, 41,181 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- 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.