What was found
WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, CRACKS WERE NOTED ON A LATERAL CHANNEL IN THE TAIL SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE. CRACKS WERE APPEARING ON THE UPPER LT AND RT CORNERS AT THE CUTOUT RELIEFS.
- Difficulty date
- November 7, 2016
- Submitted
- November 10, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N96WE
- Make and model
- Beech 58
- Aircraft serial
- TH1782
- Aircraft time
- 8,831 hours, 10,557 cycles
- Engine
- Cont IO550C
- Propeller
- Mcauly 3AF32C512
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Channel
- Part number
- 00244002515
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 207
- Part time
- 8,831 hours, 10,557 cycles
- Stage of operation
- UK
- How discovered
- L
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.