# AD 53-09-02: Fuselage Skin Cracks

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Viking Air DHC-2 Mk.I, DHC-2 Mk.II and DHC-2 Mk.III
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 140 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F13A3255D1619EA286256A34006B6B11.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-09-02

## The airworthiness directive

53-09-02 de HAVILLAND: Applies to All Model DHC-2 Beaver Aircraft.

Compliance required as indicated.

Inspect as soon as practical but not later than the next 100-hour flying time and at 100- hour intervals thereafter for skin cracks on the fuselage side panel at front door step. (See Figure 2 for typical cracks and methods of repairing.) Any cracks found should be stop drilled at each end and repaired in accordance with directions in sketch. 100-hour inspection may be discontinued upon incorporation of recommended repair.

(de Havilland Technical News Sheet, Series B, No. 59 - Issue 2, dated January 15, 1953, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-806](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-806): De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited; names 3 of 3 models: DHC-2 Mk.II, DHC-2 Mk.III, DHC-2 Mk.I

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 140 (140 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Dehavilland 135, Dehavilland Acft Of Canada 3, Dehavilland-Shawano 2

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a): 91 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-iii): 24 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i): 20 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Dehavilland Acft Of Canada DHC-2 MK I](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-acft-of-canada-dhc-2-mk-i): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Dehavilland-Shawano DHC-2 MK.I](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-shawano-dhc-2-mk-i): 2 aircraft (airframe model)

All 5 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-09-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-09-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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