What was found
UPPER FUSELAGE, COCKPIT WINDSHIELD CENTER POST, A CRACK WAS FOUND AT UPPER LT SIDE. BLENDED DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-30-00 PARAGRAPH 13C VOL.1. COMPLIED WITH HFEC PER NDT-SPM 06. NO CRACK INDICATION NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- October 22, 2014
- Submitted
- November 3, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N550FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD1010F
- Aircraft serial
- 46521
- Aircraft time
- 85,977 hours, 34,716 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- ABA7003
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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