Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 15, 2010
Submitted
October 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53285
Aircraft time
59,811 hours, 25,060 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap
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

RIGHT WING INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP LOWER SURFACE HAS SMALL DENT AND GOUGE LOCATED 3 FEET OUTBOARD OF WING ROOT IN CENTER OF FLAP, ALSO .75 INCH GOUGE AND SCRATCH WITHIN SRM LIMITS LOCATED 3 FEET OUTBOARD OF WING ROOT. RIGHT WING INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP REPLACED DAMAGED LOWER SKIN WITH NEW SKIN AS PER ESO 80095.

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