Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 1, 2006
Submitted
September 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Aircraft time
93,215 hours, 30,401 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
93,215 hours, 30,401 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

FUS EXTERIOR EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE DOOR, INTERNAL DOUBLER CRACKED 0.500" STA -32.000 STA -40.000 L-31.5R. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-3-3 FIG 1. REMOVED EXISTING INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-1-0, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. FABRICATED INTERNAL DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.063") IAW SRM 53-3-3 FIG 1 ITEM "K", SRM 51-9-0 FIG. 68A. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW INTERNAL DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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