Service difficulty report · Beam · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
March 11, 2020
Submitted
March 13, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903CA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0047
Aircraft time
29,751 hours, 56,064 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
56541097
Part serial
402C0047
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 400
Part time
29,751 hours, 56,064 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
U
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AVENGER AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS AAS-ALS-15-002 REV C PER CAPE AIR REFERENCE 1 AMOC TO SATISFY AD2015-07-03, A CRACK WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE TOP FACE OF THE RIGHT HAND INBOARD ENGINE BEAM. THIS CRACK MEASURES AT .250 AND EXTENDS ACROSS THE TOP FACE OF THE BEAM INBOARD FROM THE SECOND TO LAST TO LAST INBOARD FASTENER COMMON TO THE ENGINE BEAM OVERLAYS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SK414-19B. THIS CRACK COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED VISUALLY DUE TO BEING LOCATED UNDER THE SERVICE KIT DOUBLERS. THIS BEAM WILL BE CHANGED WITH FACTORY NEW PARTS.

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