What was found
FORWARD FUSELAGE RADOME BULKHEAD AT STATION 37 HAS A CRACK BETWEEN RIVET AND ALIGNMENT PIN NEXT TO RIGHT HOLD OPEN ROD. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER AARD 53-10-00-19.
- Difficulty date
- February 26, 2013
- Submitted
- February 28, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N976TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53626
- Aircraft time
- 38,483 hours, 18,555 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
- Part
- Bulkhead
- 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.