Service difficulty report · Skin · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
April 3, 2009
Submitted
April 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N172GA
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB11
Part
Skin
Part number
1144300644
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
36,554 hours, 49,724 cycles
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

WHILE CLEANING LITE CORROSION ON SURFACE OF BELLY AFT OF WINGS, NOTICED SOME APPARENT BLISTERING OF THE SKIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS CORROSION BETWEEN THE SKIN AND THE FUSELAGE FRAME. AFFECTED SKIN WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED AS A COVER PATCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH BEECH STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL.

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