Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 23, 2006
Submitted
May 29, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
87,294 hours, 23,582 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
87,294 hours, 23,582 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

FWD SVC DOOR JAMB AFT LWR CORNER 0.250" CRACK. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW AD2000-20-08, S/B DC8 53-075, DOUGLAS DWG NR`S SR08530021, 5750776. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION AND FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.063") REPAIR TRIPLER (AL7075T6 0.080") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.063") IAW DOUGLAS DWG SR08530021. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DOUGLAS DWG NR SR08530021, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1.

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