Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
August 6, 2019
Submitted
August 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9056R
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
45498
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 4 Nacelle
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

NR 4 NACELLE STRINGER AND SKIN SPLICE. TO SPLICE NR 4 NACELLE STRINGERS NR 1 AT STATION 436 AND STRINGER 32 AT STATION 432.5. THE NACELLE SKIN WILL BE SPLICED AT STRINGER 2 BETWEEN STATION 400 AND 473. NUMEROUS REPAIRS WERE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED ON THE UPPER SKIN AT STRINGER 3. THE AFT SECTIONS OF STRINGER 1 AND 32 WERE DAMAGED CRACKED FROM FOOT TRAFFIC. ACCESS TO ENGINE/OIL FILLER CAP.

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