- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2008
- Submitted
- February 21, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N399AT
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72212
- Aircraft serial
- 399
- Aircraft time
- 27,575 hours, 25,714 cycles
- Part
- Bracket
- 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.
What was found
LT BETWEEN FRAME 36 TO 39 FOLDING STEP BRACKETS CORRODED. CORROSION REMOVED ON FOLDING STEP BRACKETS IAW SRM 51-21-42. BRACKET FOUND OUT OF LIMITS 51-10-10. LT THRESHOLD FOLDING STEP BRACKET FABRICATED IAW SRM 53-67-70, FIG 128 AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-25-00.