What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FUSELAGE SKIN IS CRACKED AT UPPER AFT CORNER OF FORWARD CARGO DOOR OPENING AT APPROXIMATELY STATION 427. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-50-00-001 FIGURE 68.
- Difficulty date
- December 31, 2016
- Submitted
- January 6, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N966TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53616
- Aircraft time
- 49,023 hours, 24,431 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.