What was found
CANT FRAME CRACKED ABOVE LEFT UPPER TAIL CONE LATCH AT STATION 1510. INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF FRAME WITH SPLICE UNDER SRM 51-70-5 FIGURE 1 SHEET 2.
- Difficulty date
- August 2, 2009
- Submitted
- August 6, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9618A
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53565
- Aircraft time
- 34,701 hours, 16,303 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- 99118433
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- U
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.