What was found
LONGERON 4 LEFT IS CRACKED IN LOWER RADIUS AT STATION 160. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON SECTION 4 LEFT FROM STATIONS 148 TO 168 PER SRM 53-14-01 AND AARD 51-00-05-1.
- Difficulty date
- September 27, 2012
- Submitted
- September 28, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N568AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49349
- Aircraft time
- 80,626 hours, 36,378 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- 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.