What was found
HEAVY CHECK COE & MAJOR REPAIR. UPPER FUSELAGE SPLICE PLATE LOCATED AT THE DORSAL FIN HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSION. REPLACED PART BY FABRICATION.
- Difficulty date
- August 17, 2015
- Submitted
- October 8, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N919FX
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR42300
- Aircraft serial
- 266
- Aircraft time
- 28,068 hours, 35,940 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Splice Plate
- Part number
- S53872309204
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.