Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 18, 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
Broken
Location
Cargo Door
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

C-BELLY DOOR EXTERNAL SKIN LOWER PART BROKEN 1.000 X 0.375 AT STA 1200.000 L-31 L-32 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW ASTAR ED EDU21-5, ASTAR DWG U21-R05. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT AND REMOVED EXISTING SPLICE STRAP IAW ASTAR ED EDU21-5, ASTAR DWG U21-R05. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW NDT SPM PART 6-10-01-001. FABRICATED NEW SKIN SEGMENT IAW ASTAR ED EDU21-5, ASTAR DWG U21-R05. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, SPLICE STRAP AND NEW SKIN SEGMENT IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED SPLICE STRAP AND NEW SKIN SEGMENT WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW ASTAR ED EDU21-5, ASTAR DWG U21-R05, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1.

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