Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
May 17, 2011
Submitted
May 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47785
Aircraft time
73,589 hours, 69,813 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

FUSELAGE EXTERIOR LT SIDE AIR STAIRS CUTOUT AFT LOWER CORNER HAS APPROX 2 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN. NDT VERIFIED CRACK. TRIMMED OUT SKIN WITH DIMENSIONS OF 1.5 IN BY 1.70 IN IAW DWG NR SR09530031. HFEC INSPECTED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01.001.CRACK TO BE CONTAINED AND NO CRACK IN DOUBLER. FABRICATED DOUBLER AND FILLERS. INSTALLED IAW DWG NR SR09530031 AND SRM 51-30-5.

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