What was found
DURING CHECK-C MAINT ON RT ELEVATOR FOUND HOLE IN LINKAGE FAIRING ON LOWER SIDE, JUST FWD OF FWD HALF PANEL NUMBER 3616. REPAIRED AREA PER SRM 51-70-3 AND ARA 17747. BALANCE CALCULATION PER SRM 55-20-2 AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS.
- Difficulty date
- April 30, 2001
- Submitted
- May 2, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49156
- Aircraft time
- 55,635 hours, 28,779 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Fairing
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Elevator
- 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.