SDR SRAA961012

Service difficulty report · Track · Lkheed 382G

Difficulty date
October 15, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918SJ
Make and model
Lkheed 382G
Aircraft serial
4208
Part
Track
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Te Flap
Stage of operation
IN
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 WALK AROUND INSPECTION, FOUND ON RIGHT WING O/B FLAP VERTICAL BEAM I/B TRACK CRACKED FROM LOWER WING SURFACE AND TRAVELS UPWARD APPROX 50 PERCENT OF VERT FITT, SIMILAR CRACK WAS FOUND ON LEFT WING I/B FLAP O/B TRACK. ALSO, FOUND THE LT O/B TRACK FORMER ASS'Y CRACKED. PERFORMED INTERIM REPAIR TO THE RIGHT WING O/B FLAP VERT BEAM, FOUND CRACKS ON THE LEFT I/B AND O/B FLAP TRACKS LESS SEVERE, INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND SAFE FOR FLAP UP FERRY TO 31J FOR PERMANENT REPAIR. AIRCRAFT REACHED DISTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.