Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 22, 2000
Submitted
August 18, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N960AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53074
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

PHX - DURING 30K CHECK, FOUND DENTS, GOUGES AND FASTENER SPACING DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND IN LOWER AFT AREA OF THE L1 DOOR SURROUNDING SKIN PANELS AND INTERNAL DOOR JAMB DOUBLER, FS 188.5 TO 229, LONGERON 16L TO 21L. REPLACED THE UPPER SKIN ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE L1 DOOR, THE LOWER SECTION OF THE DOOR JAMB DOUBLER, THE UPPER AFT AREA OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL, AND LONGERON 20L FROM FS 207 TO 229 IAW ASA EA 5330-01429 AND DC9 SRM 51-10-01. (M)

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