Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
December 12, 2011
Submitted
January 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351CE
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44559
Aircraft time
35,350 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB16
Propeller
Hamstd 43E60
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Center Wing
Stage of operation
UK
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

DURING HEAVY MX DISCOVERED CRACKED CENTER WING SKIN, DOUBLER, AND REINFORCING RING AT RT WING STATION 17 FWD OF WING STRINGER 20 AND FOUND SAME DOUBLER AND REINFORCING RING CRACKED AT LT WING STA 17 FORWARD OF STRINGER 20.

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