Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 23, 2011
Submitted
August 24, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53616
Aircraft time
35,073 hours, 16,848 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Canning
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

MAIN ENTRY DOOR OUTER SKIN HAS WAVINESS AND OIL CANNING AT BOTTOM. STRAIGHTENED LOWER EDGE OF DOOR SKIN IN AREAS OF WAVINESS. BLENDED TO REMOVE ROUGH EDGES OF SKIN. TREATED AND PRIMED AFFECTED AREA`S. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER AARD 52-10-00-2 FIG 1.

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