Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 26, 2011
Submitted
April 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53160
Aircraft time
57,717 hours, 29,632 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
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.

What was found

VERTICAL SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED BELOW NUMBER 4 SEAT TRACK AT STATION 826. TRIMMED OUT CRACK AND INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER PER EA MD80-53-016600.

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