Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 28, 2016
Submitted
February 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49424
Aircraft time
60,324 hours, 51,665 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

FOUND TWO CRACKS ON AFT RT SIDE OF FUSELAGE. MAIN CRACK IS 3.4 INCH LONG. A SPLINTER CRACK OFF THE MAIN CRACK IS 1.9 INCH LONG. BOTH CRACKS ARE JUST AFT OF THE RT ELEVATOR ACCUMULATOR ACCESS PANEL, FS CANT 1474 LONG NR 21. NOTE ALREADY PERFORMED HFEC TO FIND END OF CRACKS. REPAIRED SKIN CRACKS IAW SRM 53-01 FIG 2 SHT 3.

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