Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
February 1, 2013
Submitted
March 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351CE
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44599
Aircraft time
36,238 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Propeller
Hamstd 23E40
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Nacelle
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

THE NR 3 NACELLE LONGERON 11 Z ANGLE WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE STRINGER F WAS FOUND WORN THROUGH & THE NACELLE SKIN WAS FOUND CRACKED AT STATION 408, LONGERON 11. THE Z ANGLE & STRINGER WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW PARTS MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL & THE SKIN WILL BE REPAIRED IAW T O 1C-118A-3-1 FIG 6-21 EO 1301.

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