What was found
MDT - DURING A FLEET INSPECTION THE REAR FUSELAGE AT FRAME 4 STRINGER 5 WAS FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRS WERE MADE IAW DHC RD8-55-535 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- August 12, 2000
- Submitted
- August 16, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N825EX
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8102
- Aircraft serial
- 388
- Aircraft time
- 15,306 hours, 17,221 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.