Service difficulty report · Beam · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 12, 2020
Submitted
March 11, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N400QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4030
Aircraft time
43,453 hours, 46,079 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Pax Door
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.

What was found

AFT PASSENGER DOOR #2 DOOR BEAM CRACKED BETWEEN FASTENERS. REPLACED BEAM IAW Q400 SRM 51-42-02-02-01, 51-42-45-02. PERFORMED PERMANENT REPAIR ON SKIN PANELS 85360131 BETWEEN FS X258.5 AND X281.0 STRINGERS 17S-18S. NDT COMPLIED WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND.