Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 7, 2004
Submitted
January 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
84,257 hours, 26,080 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
84,257 hours, 26,080 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 EXTERIOR SKIN CRACKED 0.250 AT STA 53.000 L-30L (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. TRIMMED OUT CRACKED AREA IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13. FABRICATED FILLER (2024T3AL 0.050) AND DOUBLER (2024T3AL 0.071) IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 13, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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