Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
June 10, 2019
Submitted
June 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N69
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF4
Aircraft time
13,072 hours, 6,933 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 177.5-188
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

FRAME CRACK AND MULTIPLE SKIN CRACKS IN THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AT THE COMMUNICATION ANTENNA WERE DETECTED WHILE IN CHECK. EXTERNAL DOUBLER PART NUMBER 53-0048-401 HAS BEEN INSTALLED PER MAJOR REPAIR ENGINEERING ORDER 19-28-31 "REPAIR OF CRACKS AT FS180 LOWER LH COMM. ANTENNA".