SDR USAA960627

Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
September 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N931VJ
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47188
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 658
Part time
74,051 hours
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

PIT - DURING C-2 CHECK, FOUND .4375 INCH CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT STATION 658 BETWEEN R1 AND R2. DETECTED BY EDDY CURRENT. CUT OUT CRACKED AREA. INSTALLED A FILLER AND AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER WITH BLIND FASTENER PER SRM 53-04 FIG 12B SHEET 16 (CLASS II REPAIR). (M)

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