Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 27, 2003
Submitted
July 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
83,849 hours, 22,246 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
83,849 hours, 22,246 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

A 0.500 INCH CRACK IN FWD UPPER CORNER SKIN OF D-CARGO DOOR JAMB AT STA 1400.000 L25R TO L26R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 21 PG 149-150. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 21 PG 149-150. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED FILLER, DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 149-150. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED FILLER, DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED FILLER, DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 21, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-15 PG 1 (PRC).

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