What was found
A VISUAL INDICATION OF A CRACK IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN, RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR AFT DOOR AFT HINGE AREA. REPIARED THE SKIN IAW SRM 53-05-00-001, PAR 162, FIG 158.
- Difficulty date
- March 13, 2018
- Submitted
- March 16, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N590AA
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53253
- Aircraft time
- 80,595 hours, 36,600 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- DDK2761
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nose
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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