- Difficulty date
- March 18, 2011
- Submitted
- November 6, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N779NC
- Make and model
- Doug DC951
- Aircraft serial
- 48101
- Aircraft time
- 71,333 hours, 66,584 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1209
- 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 BS 1209 BETWEEN L13-14R SKIN CRACKED AT FASTENER. CUTOUT DAMAGED AREA 1.5"X 1.5" NDT VERIFIED CRACK REMOVED IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01. FABBED AND INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER FROM .040" 7075-T6 PO#1023415 IAW SRM 53-01 FIG 4. REPAIR INSTALLED WITH BLIND FASTENERS. ESTABLISH MONITOR FOR REPETITIVE VISUAL