Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 13, 2008
Submitted
May 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Aircraft time
28,448 hours, 91,019 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,019 hours, 28,448 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

FUSELAGE NOSE SECTION, MODIFICATION DOUBLER AT AFT UPPER CORNER OF RT PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER, STA -12.000 L-24R (0.500" SKIN CRACKED) MAJOR REPAIR. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 04-30-08, EVA D853-00056 REV IR DATED 04-16-08, ASTAR DWG NR ESD853-00056-001-D REV IR DATED 04-15-08. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW ASTAR DWG NR ESD85300056-001-D. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW EVA D853-00056 ITEM 3, BOEING DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. NO CRACK FOUND. ENCLOSED SMN FORM 242-2. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.050") REPAIR TRIPLER (AL2024T3 0.063") AND FILLER (AL2024T3 0.100") IAW ASTAR DWG NR ES D85300056-001-D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW ASTAR DWG NR ES D85300056-001-D, SRM 51-1-11, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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