Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 7, 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

NLG W/W AFT JAMB SKIN CRACKED .250 AT STA FS.8.000 L33R. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW EODHL-030623, ED-3439. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR DBLR, FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW EODHL-030623, ED-3439. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW NDT SPM PART 6-10-01-001. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FAB A REPAIR DBLR A FILLER IAW EODHL-030623, ED-3439. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALL FILLER AND DBLR ON NLG W/W AFT JAMB SKIN (STA. FS 8.000, L-33R) USING NEW FASTENERS IAW EODHL 030623, ED-3439, SRM 51-1-21 AND SRM 51-1-20D.

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