Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 5, 2006
Submitted
April 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
83,564 hours, 31,809 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
L1 Door
Part time
83,564 hours, 31,809 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

PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MODIFICATION TO THE FWD LOWER CORNER OF THE L1 DOOR IAW AD2000-20-08, S/B DC8-53-075, SR 085300021, DOCUMENT REPAIRS IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG BOOK AND ON 337 FORM (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW AD2000-20-08, SB DC8-53-075, DOUGLAS DWG SR08530021, DWG 5750776. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.063") AND TRIPLER (AL7075T6 0.080") IAW DWG SR08530021. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW DWG SR08530021, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE). REFER TO JC 8-21-30-002 FOR LEAK CHECK.

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