What was found
WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING AN AUTOPILOT PITCH PROBLEM, MAINTENCE DISCOVERED THE ELEVATOR HINGE PLATE HAD LEVEL 3 CORROSION.
- Difficulty date
- January 15, 2014
- Submitted
- January 15, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0043
- Aircraft time
- 11,242 hours, 12,974 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 2634011
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Elevator
- Part time
- 11,242 hours, 12,974 cycles
- 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.