Service difficulty report · Skin · Lkheed 1011385115

Difficulty date
April 8, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N736DY
Make and model
Lkheed 1011385115
Aircraft serial
193C1227
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 912
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 912 BETWEEN STRINGERS 32 AND 33 WAS FOUND WITH A 2 INCH LONG CRACK DUE TO CORROSION. AN EXISTING SKIN DOUBLER REPAIR WAS ADJACENT TO THE DAMAGE. THE CRACK WAS CUTOUT AND AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED TO REPAIR THE CUTOUT AND TO TIE-IN TO THE EXISTING REPAIR. THE REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 364475-14, REV A AND IS TIME- LIMITED.