What was found
FOUND A CRACK UNDER THE CAPTAINS DV WINDOW LOWER CHANNEL ON A RIB BRACKET RIGHT NEXT TO THE TILLER HANDLE. C-CHECK NEW FRAME NR 9 SPLICED IN AT UPPER END AT LT DV WINDOW LOWER CHANNEL NEXT TO TILLER HANDLE IAW SRM.
- Difficulty date
- October 4, 2013
- Submitted
- October 28, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N229SW
- Make and model
- Emb EMB120ER
- Aircraft serial
- 120305
- Aircraft time
- 39,122 hours, 56,414 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bracket
- 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.