Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 10, 2011
Submitted
May 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N983TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53633
Aircraft time
33,042 hours, 15,572 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

RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AT STATION 1380 HAS CRACK IN SKIN IN SHEAR TIE AREA JUST ABOVE PYLON. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER AT STATION 1380 LONGERON 14 RIGHT PER SRM 53-34-00 AND SRM 53-01-00.

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