Found a cracked spar cap on a 12 year old Learjet that was supposedly 'clean'

I was pulling a panel for a routine inspection on a Learjet 45 last Tuesday and saw a hairline crack running along the aft spar cap near the wing root. The logbook showed it passed a major inspection 6 months ago with no issues noted. Anyone else ever catch something like that on a supposedly well-maintained airframe?

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park.miles12d ago

Man, that's sketchy. A hairline crack on a spar cap is no joke even if the logs look clean. I'd ground it until a full inspection is done.

juliarodriguez12d ago

Might just be surface level, could've been there a while.