# SDR 2014FA0000317

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 14, 2014
- Submitted: May 14, 2014
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N808MR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808MR), registered now
- Make and model: Dhav DHC8315
- Aircraft serial: 667
- Aircraft time: 3,618 hours, 1,775 cycles
- System (JASC): [5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5313)
- Part: Stringer
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 100
- Part time: 3,618 hours, 1,775 cycles
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2014FA0000317

## Discrepancy

A POSSIBLE PRESSURIZATION ISSUE, INSPECTED THE VHF ANTENNA FOR POSSIBLE EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKS IN THE PRESSURE VESSEL  AND FOUND NO CRACKS IN THE BS 222 - 252.3 OUTSIDE SKIN,  FOUND THE FORWARD AND AFT STRINGERS IN THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE ANTENNA WERE CRACKED.  THIS ACFT IS MODIFIED FOR SPECIAL MISSION MARITIME PATROL WITH A CAMERA MOUNTED IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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