Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 12, 2011
Submitted
December 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N971TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53621
Aircraft time
33,890 hours, 16,232 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

FUSELAGE RIGHT SIDE CRACK IN SKIN STATION 1380 AT LONGERON 14. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR PER EA MD80-53-020782 AND SRM 53-01-00 FIGURE 4.

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