Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
April 17, 2012
Submitted
April 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N864MA
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B1275
Aircraft time
7,555 hours, 16,047 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
8,693 hours, 14,367 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Skin
Part number
262500011
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
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.

What was found

RT FLAP SKIN CRACKED ON BOTTOM SIDE AT W/S 53.00. THIS IS OCCURING UNDERNEATH THE INBD FLAP TRACK, OTBD CHANNEL. THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN ABOUT 3" IN LENGTH. THE VISIBLE PART OF THE CRACK PROTRUDES APPROX .2500" OTBD OF THE FLAP TRACK CHANNEL AND JUST AFT OF THE AFT SCREW THAT ATTACHES THE CHANNEL TO THE FLAP ASSY. WE OPERATE A FLEET OF FOUR. THIS IS THE THIRD, INSIDE OF THREE WEEKS THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE FLAP SKIN CRACKED IN THE SAME IDENTICAL SPOT.

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