Service difficulty report · Rib · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
June 22, 2004
Submitted
July 13, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8167Y
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK67
Aircraft time
2,610 hours
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SIDE ROLLER BRACKET ASSY AND AREA, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUPPORTING BRACKETS BEHIND THE RIB ON THE RT SIDE AND THE RIBS WERE CRACKED. THE INITIAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING A BORESCOPE AND INSERTING THROUGH THE DRAIN HOLE ADJACENT THE SIDE ROLLERS. THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE CHANGED PN45A21046-6 RIB, 45A21086-4, AND 45A21085-4 BRACKETS.

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