Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 19, 2012
Submitted
July 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49347
Aircraft time
79,825 hours, 35,935 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Corroded
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

CORROSION ON LOWER DOOR BEAM FLANGE AT AFT CARGO DOOR OUT OF LIMITS. INSTALLED DOOR BEAM DOUBLER AS PER AARD 53-10-00-3 FIGURE 3 SHEET 1.

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