What was found
TWO SKIN CRACKS LOCATED AT BS 1474, MEASURING 1 INCH AND 1/2 INCH PREVIOUSLY INTERIM REPAIRED IAW 53-30-00-4. PERMANENT REPAIR IAW EA 270647A, SRM 53-01-00, DWG 53-30-00-02, AND DWG 51-60-00-04. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- June 9, 2017
- Submitted
- June 12, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N965TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53615
- Aircraft time
- 49,852 hours, 24,928 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 5910228
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1474
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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