What was found
DURING TRANSIT CHECK WAS DETECTED A STRIKE ON LT NOSE COWLING OUT OF LIMITS. IT WAS 2 INCHES WIDE AND 3 INCHES LARGE, 0.335 INCHES DEEP. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND NOSE COWLING WAS REPLACED IAW MM 71-10-01, ALL CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- July 14, 2004
- Submitted
- July 20, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N881LF
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53051
- Aircraft time
- 39,676 hours, 29,054 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 39,606 hours, 21,689 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7110 · Engine Cowling System
- Part
- Cowling
- Part number
- 5930645501
- Part serial
- 001742
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Lt Nose
- Part time
- 8,448 hours, 5,112 cycles
- 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.