What was found
SKIN CRACK IN ELEVATOR LOWER SKIN AT OB HINGE, VISUALLY INSPECTED SPAR AND FOUND IT CRACKED VERTICALLY .7500 OF SPAR WIDTH .5 INCH IB OF OB HINGE DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- December 18, 2006
- Submitted
- December 19, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N106RE
- Make and model
- Piper PA31350
- Aircraft serial
- 317752056
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540J2BD
- System (JASC)
- 5520 · Elevator Structure
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 4007521
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300
- Part time
- 3,085 hours
- 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.