Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
January 16, 2007
Submitted
January 17, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46992
Aircraft time
66,747 hours, 20,769 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 U/S INSP OF HORIZ STAB COSTANT AND OUTER SECTION SKIN PANEL, FOUND CRACKED PANEL: P/N7228-1, POSITION 6&7, P/N7229-1 POSITION 2 AND P/N7226-1 POSITION 18, SEE ATTACHED SHEET FOR DETAIL, POSITION 6, 7 AND 2 CRACKS ARE HANDLED BY NRC N00628. POSITION 18 CRACK NEEDED TO BE HANDLE BY THIS NRC. REMOVED AND REPLACED PANEL ALC7226-1 IAW SB55-16 GROUP 2 (DC10-30 SERIES). FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS OF PARA "SINGLE PANEL REPLACEMENT OF CONSTANT SECTION SKIN PANELS" AND FIGURE 6.

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