What was found
DURING SCHEDULED ROUTINE INSP, DISCOVERED VERTICAL STAB RT SIDE APPEARS TO HAVE CRACKS AT EACH OF THE 3 CHORD STRINGERS AT CSS 54.026. STOP DRILLED CRACKS AND INSTALLED REPAIR STRAPS THREE EACH.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2011
- Submitted
- April 8, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N69549
- Make and model
- Beech 1900D
- Aircraft serial
- UE194
- Aircraft time
- 31,149 hours, 37,115 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A67D
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical 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.