Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 23, 2006
Submitted
June 23, 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

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What was found

D-CARGO DOOR JAMB FWD LWR CORNER 0.500 INCH CRACK STA 1400.000 L-32R (MAJOR REPAIR) AND CORROSION DAMAGE ON LWR FUS SKIN. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-4-1 FIG 17A, DWG DACO 5779936. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. REMOVED DAMAGED PLATING IAW SRM 53-1-0, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW PLATING IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW PLATING IAW SRM 53-4-1 FIG 17A, DACO DWG 5779936, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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