Holy cow.
On Jul 29, 2019, at 2:37 PM, falcontechnician (Redacted sender
"falcontechnician" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wanted to share with all my recent experience performing an annual inspection
on an F model V-Tail Beech.
On this aircraft the left stabilizer main spar was completely severed. Only
two things holding it together was the aft spar and the AD cuff on the lower
leading edge. The AD cuff created a pinch point and when the stabilizer was
trying to rip itself from the airframe this pinch point kept it in "relative"
place.
Aging aircraft is no joke everybody. The FAA harps on it left and right. And
as many of you all know after I performed your inspection for you after for
years you have been taking it "someplace else", well, you all know what the
deal is now.
This aircraft had accumulated 51 hours flight time since its last annual
inspection. By my account this spar was in a mode of failure for at least two
to four years based on service use which means it was missed for at least two
years. When it fully failed is anybodies guess but based on wear from cracked
edges rubbing I would place the hours at between 50 and 100.
Gives new meaning to "Dancing with the Devil"...
More to come....
J
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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