- Difficulty date
- June 28, 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
- A/C Bay Door
- 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
LWR FUSELAGE EXTERIOR AIR COND COMPT DOOR NR 12 SKIN WITH 0.250 INCH CRACK (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 52-1-0 PG 1, SRM 52-8-1 FIG 1 PG 2. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED NEW SKIN IAW SRM 52-8-1 FIG 1 PG 2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SKIN WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-1-14 PG 1.