Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 27, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N952U
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49266
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuselage
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

DURING CHECK-C MAINTENANCE, FOUND SHARP EDGE GOUGE MARKS AND DENT APPROX 15 IN FWD OF MAIN ENTRY DOOR AND APPROX 4 IN ABOVE THE FLOOR LINE. DIMENSIONS MEASURE 2 IN W BY 3 IN H TIMES 0.052 DEEP. NDT TEST INDICATED MINIMUM SKIN THICKNESS OF 0.040 PER PART 51-04-00 OF NDT MANUAL. ACCOMP HIGH FREQ EDDY CURRENT PER 51-00-03 PART 6 AND NO CRACKS. DENT RATIO IS 38.5 TO 1. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-04 CONDITION C3 VIEW 1. DING REMOVED AND REPAIRED WITH 1 1/4 IN PLUG PER SAME REFERENCE.

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