Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 26, 2010
Submitted
October 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53624
Aircraft time
31,615 hours, 15,182 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT FASTENER, STATION 1380, ABOVE RIGHT ENGINE PYLON. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00, 53-30-00 AND AARD 51-60-00-04.

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