Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
October 27, 2012
Submitted
October 29, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48148
Aircraft time
71,366 hours, 65,129 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Service Doorway
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

CRACK NOTED AT FWD SERVICE DOOR JAMB FWD UPPER CORNER. CRACK UNDER EXTERIOR SKIN APPROX 25" IN LENGTH ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR AT FWD SERVICE DOOR JAMB FWD UPPER CORNER AREA IAW DWG SRO9530172, CONFIG -7003 AND INSTALLED ID TAG ON DOUBLER REPAIR IAW PS 900-5-1 NR 4 PERFORM NDT INSPECTION IAW SRM 51-10-5C. INITIAL INSPECTION AT 28000 LANDINGS AND AFTER INITIAL INSP PERFORM REPETITIVE INSP AT INTERVALS OF 20000 LANDINGS.

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