Service difficulty report · Rib · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
August 13, 2014
Submitted
August 21, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600387
Aircraft time
7,372 hours, 5,189 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
7,371 hours, 5,189 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
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

HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIB LOCATION BORESCOPE INSPECTION TASK 55-10-01-290, DURING THE INSPECTIONS MULTIPLE CRACKS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE RT STABILIZER ON RIBS NR 4 & NR 6 AND ONE RIB CRACKED OTBD OF TRIM ACTUATOR. CRACKS WERE ALSO FOUND ON THE LT STABILIZER RIBS NR 2, NR 3, NR 4, & NR 5 ON CENTER STRINGER WITH ONE CRACKED RIB ON THE FIRST RIB OTBD OF THE TRIM ACTUATOR.