What was found
WHILE DOING AN INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE LT INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR KEEL WAS GOUGED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE KEEL. NO TEARDOWN REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2003
- Submitted
- March 20, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N218YV
- Make and model
- Beech 1900D
- Aircraft serial
- UE218
- Aircraft time
- 15,491 hours, 21,567 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A6
- System (JASC)
- 5314 · Fuselage Main, Keel
- Part
- Keel
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.