What was found
VISUAL INDICATION OF A CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT LEFT NLG, AFT FOLLOW-UP DOOR, AFT HINGE AT PREVIOUS ROUT-OUT. INSTALLED A DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-05-00.
- Difficulty date
- March 23, 2018
- Submitted
- March 28, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53630
- Aircraft time
- 50,459 hours, 25,583 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- 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.