Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 3, 2012
Submitted
December 6, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53611
Aircraft time
39,147 hours, 18,448 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

SKIN CRACKED AT SHEAR TIE FASTENER AT STATION 1380 BETWEEN LONGERONS 13 AND 14 RIGHT. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00.

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