SDR NSVA2011148

Service difficulty report · Strap · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date: June 26, 2011
Submitted: June 28, 2011
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N323NG
Make and model: Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial: 4323
Aircraft time: 1,956 hours, 1,795 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Strap
Condition: Damaged
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

FUSELAGE EXTERNAL JOINT STRAP HAD LIGHTNING DAMAGE LOCATED ON AND ADJACENT TO A FASTENER HEAD AND AROUND THE COUNTERSINK. APPROX 1.3 TO 1.5 INCHES AFT OF X547.0 BETWEEN STRINGER 31P AND 32P. DAMAGED MEASURED APPROX .100 DIA BY .029 INCHES DEEP. REPAIR WAS COMPLETED BY REMOVING STRAP THE DAMAGED SECTION OF THE EXTERNAL JOINT STRAP (APPROX 18 INCHES), FABRICATING A REPAIR STRAP FROM THE SAME GAUGE AND CONTOURS AS THE ORIGINAL, AND COMPLETING THE REPAIR IAW CALGAN AIR TD 400-53-10-75.