Service difficulty report · Cap · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 7, 2018
Submitted
March 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N555AN
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53085
Aircraft time
75,964 hours, 40,186 cycles
Part
Cap
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.

What was found

IAW SRM 53-14-04-001 FIGURE 3 (SHEET 4) AT BS 1437, A CRACK IN THE FORMER RING CAP, WEB AND CLIP ON THE RIGHT SIDE BETWEEN LONGERONS 1 AND 3 WHERE FITTING 1 IS ATTACHED, IN AFT TAIL COMPARTMENT.

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