Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 1, 2015
Submitted
February 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53622
Aircraft time
44,782 hours, 21,528 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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

AN EXISTING CLASS 3 EXTERNAL DOUBLER AT FS 541 & BETWEEN LONGERON 23 RT & 24 RT REQUIRES AN UPGRADE TO A CLASS 1 DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-04-03 FIG 8 SHEET 1 PERMANENT REPAIR. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR & PERFORMED A CLASS 1 REPAIR IAW SRM 53-04-03 FIG 8 SHEET 1.

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