Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 15, 2010
Submitted
December 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N978TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53628
Aircraft time
32,602 hours, 15,586 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Entry Door
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

FORWARD ENTRY DOOR NUMBER 1 BEAM ON AFT END HAS NOT HAD MOD PERFORMED. FOUND CRACK AT END OF BEAM. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED MOD DOUBLER PER ESO 80172.

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