What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MX. SKIN CRACKED AT FS 1474 ON LT SIDE, AT 13TH FASTENER DOWN FROM RAIN GUTTER. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-01-00-001.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2016
- Submitted
- April 12, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N971TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53621
- Aircraft time
- 45,560 hours, 22,504 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.