What was found
FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT LEFT AFT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR - AFT HINGE CUTOUT. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 62 SHEET 1 AND 2.
- Difficulty date
- December 3, 2010
- Submitted
- December 6, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N593AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53256
- Aircraft time
- 61,354 hours, 26,440 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- 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.