Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 28, 2015
Submitted
March 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N415NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49909
Aircraft time
51,319 hours, 35,865 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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

LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR AFT JAM HAS CRACK OUT OF LIMITS. STOP DRILLED CRACK & INSTALLED REPAIR FITTING IAW SRM 53-05 FIG 141. THIS IS A PERMANENT REPAIR & ONLY REQUIRES NORMAL VISUAL MX.

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