Service difficulty report · Rib · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
March 8, 2017
Submitted
March 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N320AM
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3408
Aircraft time
6,687 hours, 12,418 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 INSPECTION, FOUND MISSING RIVET ON VERTICAL STABILIZER, DURING FURTHER INSPECTION OF VERTICAL, WAS ABLE TO POP RIVET HEADS OFF OF 4 MORE OF THE REMAINING RIVETS BY HAND ON THE UPPER VERTICAL FORWARD LOWER RIB, THEN FOUND LEFT SIDE OF RIB WAS CRACKED THRU THE RIVET ROW ON THE LEFT SIDE PROPAGATING THRU 3 RIVETS.