What was found
FUSELAGE SKIN, CRACK AT FASTENER BELOW LONGERON 4 RT & ABOVE LONGERON 3 RT AT STATION 1437. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER IAW EA MD80-53-031801.
- Difficulty date
- October 6, 2013
- Submitted
- October 9, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N558AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 53088
- Aircraft time
- 64,353 hours, 33,124 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- 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.