Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 9, 2003
Submitted
May 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
78,807 hours, 30,335 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
78,807 hours, 30,335 cycles
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

EXTERNAL FUSE CRACKED 1.000 INCH STA 1743.000 - STA 1746.000 BETWEEN L-16R AND L-17R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED FILLER (7075-T6 0.063), DOUBLER (7075-T6 0.071) AND FINGER DOUBLER (7075-T6 0.040) IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FILLER, DOUBLER AND FINGER DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED CONICAL SPACER IAW SRM 51-1-26 FIG 1. INSTALLED FILLER, DOUBLER AND FINGER DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7, SRM 51-1-15 PG 1 AND SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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