Service difficulty report · Mount · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
April 23, 2013
Submitted
May 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1037N
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0334
Part
Mount
Part number
261203018
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 452.6
Part time
9,088 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.

What was found

DURING A RECENT SCHEDULED INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE SUPPORT DOUBLER EMANATING ACROSS THE LOWER LT MOUNT BOLT HOLE OF THE AFT ELEVATOR BELLCRANK MOUNT. ALSO SEVERAL ADJACENT RIVETS IN THIS DOUBLER WERE ALSO CRACKED ACROSS THEIR HOLES AND THE DOUBLER WAS DISTORTED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE 2 SUPPORT ANGLE BRACKETS FOR THE AFT ELEVATOR MOUNT BRACKET WERE NOT INSTALLED, WHICH ALLOWED THE DOUBLER TO FLEX. HC

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