Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 14, 2015
Submitted
October 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53634
Aircraft time
44,463 hours, 22,062 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
5936832509
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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

RIGHT WING, GND SPOILER ACTUATOR SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED AT FWD INBD CHAMFER. REPLACED RT WING GND SPOILER SUPPORT FITTING WITH NEW FITTING.

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