Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 12, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49569
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1140
Stage of operation
IN
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

FS 1140 LONGERON 17 AFT GALLEY SERVICE DOOR FRAME HAS EXFOLIATED CORROSION BETWEEN FUSELAGE SKIN AND FRAME DOUBLERS AT FORWARD CUTOUT. EXTREME CORROSION WAS FOUND AT THE LEFT HAND GALLEY SERVICE DOOR FUSELAGE SKIN CUTOUT. CORROSION WAS LOCATED AT THE INNER JAMB AREA AND WAS COMMON TO THE INTERNAL DOOR DOUBLER, UPPER AND LOWER CORNER INTERNAL DOUBLERS AND FORWARD AND AFT WINDOW BELT SKINS. REPAIR CONSISTED OF SRM DOUBLER AND TRIPLER REPAIRS PER DC-9 SRM 53-05 FIGURE 104 CONFIGURATION -7005 AND -7007 AT UPPER FORWARD AND AFT CORNERS, CONFIGURATION -7003 AT THE LOWER FORWARD CORNER, AND CONFIGURATION -7001 AT THE LOWER AFT CORNER, BLENDOUTS AND CORROSION PROTECTION.

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