Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
March 1, 2009
Submitted
March 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N153GL
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE153
Aircraft time
29,483 hours, 39,206 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

MAJOR REPAIR - DURING ROUTINE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 273.25 AT STRINGER 10L. CRACK APPROXIMATELY 3.6 INCH IN LENGTH RUNNING PARALLEL TO STRINGER 10L. ABOVE CRACK AT STRINGER 10L AT NEXT RIVET LOCATION. MAINTENANCE MANUFACTURED A FILLER AND PATCH. INSTALLED BOTH AND SEALED FILLER & PATCH. REFERENCE ENGINEERING ORDER EO-09-UE153-02.

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