What was found
FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED BEYOND STOP DRILL AT NOSE GEAR RIGHT AFT DOOR, AFT HINGE CUTOUT. ROUTED OUT CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-05-00 FIGURE 62 AND EA MD80-015952.
- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2011
- Submitted
- March 25, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N575AM
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 53152
- Aircraft time
- 57,290 hours, 29,386 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.