What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACK ON FORWARD CARGO DOOR AFT BOTTOM STOP PAD FITTING (BRACKET). REMOVED AND REPLACED STOP PAD FITTING PER AARD 51-00-05-1 AND DRAWING 5910141.
- Difficulty date
- August 14, 2017
- Submitted
- August 22, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N979TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53629
- Aircraft time
- 49,875 hours, 25,156 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Fitting
- 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.