Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
July 28, 2015
Submitted
July 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351CE
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44599
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
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

REPAIR A CORRODED SKIN ON THE UPPER AFT CORNER OF THE FWD CARGO DOOR. PERFORM CUT OUT OF CORRODED SKIN AT FS 200. REMOVE AFT SECTION OF SKIN AT EXISTING LAP AT SAME LEVEL OF FUSELAGE STRINGER 12L. LAYOUT NEW SEAM AT FS 200 IAW DWG 1529-01 & MANUFACTURE NEW SKIN FROM 2024-T3 0.071" IAW DWG 1529-01.

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