What was found
AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN FLOORBEAMS AT STATION 1287-1309 UPPER LEG HAS CORROSION AFT END IS CRACKED. INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL PER AARD 51-00-012 AT STATION 1287.
- Difficulty date
- October 16, 2008
- Submitted
- November 21, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49736
- Aircraft time
- 55,971 hours, 28,646 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 100
- 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.