Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 16, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53448
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 229
Stage of operation
IN
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

OAK - DURING 15K CHECK, GOUGE AND CRACK WAS FOUND IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 229, LONGERON 18L. INSTALLED FLUSH DOUBLER IAW DC9 SRM 53-04 FIG 47. (M)

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