What was found
CROWN AREA, STATION 465 AND LONGERON 4 RIGHT, INBOARD LONGERON LEG CRACKED. INSTALLED LONGERON SECTION AND SPLICE FROM STATIONS 438 TO 474 PER SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18.
- Difficulty date
- March 26, 2013
- Submitted
- March 27, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N948TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49575
- Aircraft time
- 68,303 hours, 35,773 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.