What was found
LEFT FREON COMPRESSOR EXHAUST CUTOUT HAD 2 SKIN CRACKS AT THE UPPER FORWARD AND AFT CORNERS. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR AROUND FREON COMPRESSOR EXHAUST IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-1.
- Difficulty date
- December 27, 2001
- Submitted
- April 30, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N819AX
- Make and model
- Doug DC863F
- Aircraft serial
- 45927
- Aircraft time
- 84,245 hours, 26,673 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- 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.