- Difficulty date
- July 14, 2004
- Submitted
- August 2, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 80,489 hours, 29,231 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Mlg Door
- Part time
- 80,489 hours, 29,231 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
LEFT MLG INBOARD DOOR INTERNAL SKIN CRACKED 0.500 AT STA 912.000 (LWR PART). REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. PERFORMED STOP HOLE ON CRACK END AND FABRICATED DOUBLER (AL 7075-T6 0.050) IAW SRM 52-2-0 PG 1-2. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 52-2-0 PG 1-2.
More about the Doug DC-8-73F