Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
May 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53450
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg Ww
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SEA - LEFT FORWARD CORNER OF NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL WAS DAMAGED DURING PUSHBACK BY A TUG. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO BE WITHIN SRM LIMITS. REPLACED LOOSE BLIND FASTENERS PER THE SRM AND RELEASED AIRCRAFT PER PLT DEFERRAL, WITH REINSPECTIONS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AT 'A' CHECKS. DURING 15K CHECK, REPLACED THE FRAME SEGMENT AND MADE REPAIRS TO THE SKIN PER SRM 53-14-1. (M)

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