Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech E90

Difficulty date
April 22, 2002
Submitted
May 16, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N355JS
Make and model
Beech E90
Aircraft serial
LW257
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Skin
Part number
5012015681
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
6,851 hours
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

RIGHT CENTER SECTION SKIN CRACKED 2.0 INCHES BETWEEN RIVETS AT DOUBLE ROW RIVET SKIN JOINT BETWEEN RIVETS. LOCATION ON SKIN IS JUST AFT OF MAIN WING SPAR CAP AT BL 16.25. THIS AREA IS PART OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL, BEFORE TRANSITION TO THE UNPRESSUREIZED WING. LEFT CENTER SECTION SKIN CRACKED .75 INCH BETWEEN RIVETS AT DOUBLE ROW SKIN JOINT-BETWEEN RIVETS. LOCATIONS ON SKIN IS JUST AFT OF MAIN WING SPAR CAP AT BL 16.25. THIS AREA IS PART OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL, BEFORE TRANSITION TO THE UNPRESSUREIZED WING. PROBABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. MAY BE RESULT OF PRESSURE CYCLES, OR FATIGUE FROM LANDING CYCLES, OR VIBRATION.

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