Service difficulty report · Rib · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
May 11, 2022
Submitted
May 11, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N83PB
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0350
Aircraft time
38,976 hours, 41,297 cycles
Part
Rib
Part number
512215555
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Part time
38,976 hours, 41,297 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

WHILE PERFORMING OTHER MAINTENANCE, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LEFT CLOSE OUT RIB. THIS CRACK EXTENDS VERTICALLY THROUGH TWO FASTENERS HOLES IN THE FIRST ROW OF ATTACH HI-LOKS BETWEEN THE AFT TRUNNION SUPPORT AND THE CLOSE OUT RIB. THE CRACK EXTENDS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD HOLE VERTICALLY OF THIS ROW, AND MEASURES .500 IN LENGTH. THIS CLOSE OUT RIB WAS CHANGED WITH A FACTORY NEW PART.

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