Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 3, 2012
Submitted
May 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49347
Aircraft time
79,371 hours, 35,692 cycles
Part
Spar Cap
Condition
Damaged
Location
Vertical Stab
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

UNABLE TO PERFORM HFEC ROTARY HOLE PROBE INSPECTION TO AREA 12.5" BELOW LEFT SIDE OF VERTICAL STABILIZER FRONT SPAR CAP AT STATION ZFS=52.267, BECAUSE THE FASTENER HOLES IN THE SPAR CAP FORWARD FLANGE (12EACH) ARE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH REFERENCE TO HOLES IN THE DORSAL FIN LOWER ASSEMBLY. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 55-03-00 FIGURE 31.

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