What was found
AFT PART OF FRAME AT STATION 1168 WHERE TAIL CONE MATES WITH FRAME AT FOUR O''CLOCK AND SEVEN O''CLOCK POSITIONS IS CHAFED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FRAME SECTIONS.
- Difficulty date
- May 10, 2000
- Submitted
- May 10, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N501ME
- Make and model
- Doug DC932
- Aircraft serial
- 47132
- Aircraft time
- 67,634 hours, 58,378 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- 99118435
- Condition
- Chafed
- 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.