Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 3, 2014
Submitted
July 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N120MN
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53120
Aircraft time
41,837 hours, 41,922 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Corroded
Location
Vertical Stab
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

CORROSION WAS NOTED ON LT VERTICAL STABILIZER SPAR "Z" CHANNEL, STA ZRS 149.670 TO 111.880. REMOVED CORROSION AND INSTALLED A REPAIR IAW SRM 55-30-0, FIG 6, 51-70-5 FIG 1 AND 51-10-3.

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