Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 2, 2013
Submitted
October 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N978TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53628
Aircraft time
40,454 hours, 19,626 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

FS SKIN ON RT SIDE CRACK EXTENDING FROM FASTENER HOLE TO BS 1380 JUST ABOVE LONGERON 14 RT. REMOVED DAMAGE & INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-01-00 FIGURE 4.

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