Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 10, 2009
Submitted
August 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4XP
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53598
Aircraft time
31,294 hours, 14,661 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
L1 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 PAN (FRAME) CRACKED AT AFT END OF THE NUMBER ONE BEAM. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD ENTRY DOOR FRAME AT UPPER AFT END OF THE NUMBER ONE BEAM PER ESO 80172.

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