What was found
ON PRE FLIGHT FOUND FUEL LEAK BY LEFT WING ROOT FORWARD OF WHEEL WELL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE LEFT REAR SPAR WAS FOUND CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- May 9, 2009
- Submitted
- May 12, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N784AL
- Make and model
- Doug DC863F
- Aircraft serial
- 46135
- Aircraft time
- 82,442 hours, 26,791 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.