Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 10, 2011
Submitted
June 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53619
Aircraft time
33,217 hours, 15,431 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 AFT END OF NUMBER 1 BEAM CRACKED. STOP DRILLED AND DYE CHECKED CRACK. NO CRACK BEYOND STOP DRILL. INSTALLED DOUBLER, ANGLE AND CLIP PER ESO 80172.

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