What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACK ON RIGHT HAND WING GROUND SPOILER CASTING. REPLACED CASTING PER SRM 57-01-00 AND SB MD80-57-180.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2017
- Submitted
- February 1, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N968TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53618
- Aircraft time
- 49,841 hours, 24,934 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5755 · Spoilers
- Part
- Casting
- Part number
- 4155008
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Spoiler
- Part time
- 49,841 hours, 24,934 cycles
- 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.