SDR MALA080045

Service difficulty report · Skin · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
February 21, 2008
Submitted
March 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N453XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B453
Aircraft time
21,324 hours, 23,199 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
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

RT FUSELAGE SKIN DENT AT STA 294.5, 0.861 INCH ABOVE THE HYDRAULIC LINE CHANNEL COVER UPPER ATTACH ANGLE BETWEEN SL1624 AND 1625 MEASURING 0.475 INCH BY 0.425 INCH BY 0.33 INCH DEEP. HFEC AND DISBOND INSPECTIONS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. NO CRACKS OR DISBONDS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR IAW EO NR S53529, SAAB REPAIR STATEMENT 340SDS014271 PARA 1 AND SRM 53-70-10 SPECIAL REPAIR PARA 4, FIG 210.

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