Service difficulty report · Plate · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
November 26, 2008
Submitted
January 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N326EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
234
Part
Plate
Part number
85712012101
Condition
Cracked
Location
Wing Box
Part time
33,233 hours, 35,865 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING C-CHECK INSPECTIONS, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT OTBD CORNER OF THE WING BOX LADDER PLATE UNDER STRESS PANEL. AN EO WAS ISSUED REF RD8-57-4106 TO INCORPORATE RD8-57-2375 TO REPAIR THE LADDER PLATE. REPAIR WORK WAS THEN COMPLETED. (K)