What was found
FORWARD ENTRY DOOR PAN SPLICE DAMAGED AT AFT SIDE OF DOOR IN BAYONET CUTOUT AREA. REMOVED DAMAGED PAN SPLICE AND INSTALLED NEW PAN SPLICE PER ESO 80172.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2010
- Submitted
- February 17, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N973TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53623
- Aircraft time
- 30,116 hours, 14,251 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.