Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 31, 2012
Submitted
January 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53252
Aircraft time
66,667 hours, 28,493 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

TWO DENTS WITH CRACKS ON LOWER FUSELAGE, FORWARD OF THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04-03, FIGURE 2.

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