Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 6, 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

FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION EXTERNAL AC POWER RECEPTECALE COMPARTMENT SKIN CRACKED 0.250 AROUND STA -39.000 BETWEEN L-31R AND L-33R. REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED SKIN SEGMENT IAW EODHL-030632, ED-3440. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 SPM PART 6-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER AND A FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER ON EXTERNAL AC POWER RECEPTACLE COMPARTMENT SKIN (AROUND STA.-39.000 BETWEEN L-31R AND L-33R) USING NEW FASTENERS.

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