Service difficulty report · Skin · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
January 7, 2013
Submitted
January 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308RD
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
265
Aircraft time
10,924 hours, 12,220 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
85320106
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 100
Part time
10,924 hours, 12,220 cycles
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.

What was found

ON C2 CHECK, FOUND FOUR DENTS IN FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN BS 298 AND 312, BETWEEN LBL 4 AND 9, BETWEEN STR 29P AND 31P. DENTS HAD ASSOCIATED GOUGES AND MISSING MATERIAL THAT EXCEEDED THE MFG LIMITS. REPAIRED IAW DWG RD8-53-12774.