Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
February 15, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N228NW
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46578
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1305
Part time
7,549 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

R-3 DOOR LOWER AFT FRAME AT FS 1305, STR 27 FOUND CRACKED INSIDE LIGHTING HOLE. REMOVED EXISTING DOUBLER. STOP DRILLED CRACK AND VERIFIED BY NDT CRACK DOES NOT GO PAST STOP DRILL. FABRICATED AND ISNTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-50-00, FIGURE 19. (X)

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