Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 20, 2016
Submitted
April 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N499AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49737
Aircraft time
74,249 hours, 39,186 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

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. FUSELAGE SKIN HAS 3 EACH CRACKS APPROX .100 INCHES LONG AT 3 EACH RIVETS AT FS 1437, BETWEEN LONGERON 3R & 4R. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-01-00-001.

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