What was found
LONGERON 20 LEFT IS CRACKED. REPAIRED LONGERON 20L PER AARD 53-10-00-18.
- Difficulty date
- November 20, 2009
- Submitted
- December 28, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N597AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53287
- Aircraft time
- 56,061 hours, 23,531 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.