Service difficulty report · Support Beam · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 7, 2014
Submitted
January 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N980TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53630
Aircraft time
40,036 hours, 19,398 cycles
Part
Support Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Ww
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.

What was found

NOSE WW SUPPORT BEAM CRACKED ABOVE AFT HINGE ON FWD LT HAND NOSE GEAR DOOR. ACCOMPLISHED NESTED ANGLE REPAIR IAW EA MD80-53-033084.

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