Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
December 7, 2005
Submitted
January 3, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
82,180 hours, 30,262 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
82,180 hours, 30,262 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

NR 2 ACCESS DOOR FRAME INTERNAL DOUBLER 0.75" CRACKED WORN & BROKEN (STA -156.000 TO -165.000). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATE 12/06/05, DWG AA33-53-R09 REV IR DATE 11/22/05 REMOVED LT/RT NOSE AIR SCOOP IAW SRM 51-3-0. REMOVED EXISTING EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER, EXISTING INTERNAL REINFORCEMENT REPAIR DOUBLER. TRIMMED OUT INTERNAL DOUBLER, FAB`D 4 INTERNAL DOUBLER EXTERNAL DOUBLER INTERNAL DOUBLER. HEAT TREATED FROM 7075-0 TO 7075T6 IAW DWG AA33-53-R09, SRM 51-1-1, DPS 7.00-1. CLEANED, TREATED & PRIMED AREA & REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11.

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