Service difficulty report · Skin · Dhav DHC8301

Difficulty date
July 30, 2012
Submitted
August 9, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N857CA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8301
Aircraft serial
531
Aircraft time
27,930 hours, 30,544 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Tail
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON LANDING, CREW OBSERVED THE TOUCHED RUNWAY LIGHT ILLUMINATE. CREW NOTIFIED MX OF THE ILLUMINATED LIGHT. GROUND MX CREW INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BUMPER AREA. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED A HARD LANDING INSPECTION, A TOUCHED RUNWAY INSPECTION, AND MADE SKIN REPAIRS TO THE TAIL BUMPER SECTION OF THE ACFT. ONCE ALL INSPECTIONS AND REPAIRS WERE SATISFACTORY THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.