What was found
FORWARD FUSELAGE HAS A CRACK BEYOND STOP DRILL IN SKIN AT NOSE WHEEEL WEEL RIGHT AFT DOOR AFT HINGE CUTOUT. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-05 FIGURE 62.
- Difficulty date
- August 29, 2011
- Submitted
- September 1, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N966TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53616
- Aircraft time
- 35,073 hours, 16,848 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- 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.