Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
April 1, 2014
Submitted
November 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF6
Aircraft time
14,935 hours, 7,798 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

CRACKS SUSPECTED IN FUSELAGE SKIN VERIFIED BY NDT. THE DAMAGED AREA IS LOCATED INBD OF STRINGER 14L & NEAR FRAME 177.5. THE TWO FORE AFT CRACKS IN THE BELLY SKIN ARE APPROX 3.5 INCHES LONG & RUN FROM APPROX 1.5 INCH AFT TO 1.8 INCH FWD OF FRAME 177.5 & ARE ROUGHLY 1 INCH INBD OF STRINGER 14LH. THE SIDE TO SIDE CRACK IN THE SKIN UNDER FRAME 177.5 RUNS FROM ROUGHLY 1.5 INCH INBD TO 3.5 INCH INBD OF STRINGER 14LH. THE CRACK IN THE FS 177.5 FRAME IS IN THE BEND RADIUS BETWEEN THE WEB & CHORD & RUNS APPROX 4 INCH INBD FROM THE STRINGER 14LH. REPAIRED USING EO.