Service difficulty report · Floor Panel · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
February 20, 2011
Submitted
March 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48148
Aircraft time
68,643 hours, 62,328 cycles
Part
Floor Panel
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

FLOOR PANEL NR 15 HAS CORROSION ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF PANEL. OUT OF LIMITS IAW NWA DC9 SRM 53-01, FIG 1 CRACK ON FWD END OF NR 2, BLENDED OUT SURFACE CORR ON HAT CHANNELS 1, 3, 4, 5, AND BLENDED OUT 1/8 INCH CRACK ON NR 2 HAT CHANNEL IAW NWA DC9 SRM 53-01. FABBED FLOOR PNL SKIN IAW NWA DC9 SRM 53-23- INST IAW SRM 51-30-2, PG 1-5. ORIG MAT FLOOR PANEL SKIN IS .040, MAT REMOVED IS .020, ORIG MAT HAT CHANNELS IS .025, MAT REM IS .001.

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