Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 9, 2003
Submitted
November 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Aircraft time
84,293 hours, 26,186 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
84,293 hours, 26,186 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

NOSE SECTION FUSELAGE - EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKED 0.750 AT STA 53.000, L-29L. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13. REMOVED DOUBLER AND FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-3-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. TRIMMED OUT CRACKED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13 (SHEET 1). FABRICATED DOUBLER (2024-T3AL 0.071) AND FILLERS (2024-T3AL 0.050) IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13 (SHEET 1, 5, 6). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FILLERS AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLERS AND DOUBLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13 (SHEET 1, 5 ,6) SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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