Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 30, 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

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFT PASSENGER DOOR JAMB AFT UPPER CORNER 0.750 INCH CRACK (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW AD2000-20-08, S/B DC8 53-075, DOUGLAS DWG SR08530021, 5750776. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION AND FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.090") REPAIR TRIPLER (AL7075T6 0.125") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.040") 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 SR08530021, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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