What was found
CRACK INDICATED IN THE FORMER RING CAP, WEB, AND CLIP ON RIGHT SIDE BETWEEN L1 & L3 WHERE FITTING NR 1 IS ATTACHED IN THE AFT TAIL COMPARTMENT. INSTALLED A RING CAP IAW EA 278348. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- March 23, 2018
- Submitted
- April 3, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N555AN
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 53085
- Aircraft time
- 75,966 hours, 40,188 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Cap
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1437
- 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.