What was found
GROUND SPOILER ACTUATOR FITTING ON LEFT WING TRAILING EDGE IS CRACKED ON THE INBOARD FORWARD CORNER. REPLACED CASTING PER AARD 51-00-05-1.
- Difficulty date
- July 24, 2012
- Submitted
- July 25, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N578AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 53155
- Aircraft time
- 60,920 hours, 31,506 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5755 · Spoilers
- Part
- Casting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Spoiler
- 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.