SDR MALA080059

Service difficulty report · Skin · Saab 340B

Difficulty date: April 22, 2008
Submitted: April 25, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N441XJ
Make and model: Saab 340B
Aircraft serial: 340B441
Aircraft time: 22,513 hours, 24,815 cycles
System (JASC): 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
Part: Skin
Condition: Dented
Location: Pax Door
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

THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR OUTER SKIN WAS FOUND TO HAVE 1 DENT WITH A CREASE, MEASURING 1.5 INCH BY 0.75 INCH BY 0.024 INCH DEEP, LOCATED 5.75 INCH AFT OF DOOR FORWARD EDGE, 32 INCH FROM BOTTOM OF DOOR AND 0.5" ABOVE THE AFT STOP ATTACHMENT SCREW. DISTANCE BETWEEN EDGE OF DENTS AND AN EXISTING BONDED DOUBLER REPAIR IS 1.75 INCH. HFEC AND DISBOND INSPECTIONS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. NO CRACKS NOTED, BUT A SMALL AREA OF DISBOND WAS FOUND. REPAIRED IAW EO NR S52117.

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