Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 24, 2014
Submitted
April 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7541A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49995
Aircraft time
67,188 hours, 34,980 cycles
Part
Skin
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

THREE LOOSE FASTENERS FOUND ON DETAILED INSPECTION OF VERTICAL STAB LE AT STATION ZFS 52.267 ABOVE THE SPLICE. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND 7 EXISTING FASTENER HOLES WITH REPAIR COUNTERSUNK BUSHINGS INSTALLED & 14 ADDITIONAL FASTENER HOLES THAT WERE ELONGATED. ENLARGED 14 1/4 FASTENER & 3 3/16 FASTENER HOLES FOR REPAIR COUNTERSUNK BUSHINGS. INSTALLED REPAIR COUNTERSUNK BUSHINGS IN HOLES IAW SRM 55-03-00-001.

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