Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 21, 2000
Submitted
December 29, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9420D
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49824
Aircraft time
31,869 hours, 21,965 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

DURING CHECK-C MAINT THE UPPER FUSELAGE WAS DENTED AT STA 427 BETWEEN LONGERON 17L AND 18L. LENGTH 2 INCHES BY WIDTH 0.025 AND DEPTH 0.040 (GOUGE). BLENDED GOUGES AND INSTALLED INTERNAL DOUBLER PER SRM 53-04 PAGE 207 VIEW G. NDT INSPECTED FOR CRACKS AND NO CRACKS FOUND.

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