Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 26, 2009
Submitted
June 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9407R
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49400
Aircraft time
58,602 hours, 29,574 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Pax Door
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

FORWARD ENTRY DOOR NR 7 BEAM CRACKED IN RADIUS AT AFT END. STOP DRILLED END OF CRACK AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER PER ESO 80172 AND SRM 52-50-00, FIGURE 31.

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