Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 18, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 96.5
Stage of operation
IN
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

AT C-CHECK, LEFT UPPER PLATING STA XCW 96.5 CRACKED BEYOND LIMITS 7.5 INCHES IN LENGTH. HFEC INSPECTION PERFORMED ON CRACK, AND ON BOLT HOLES PER S/B 57-86. REPAIRED PLATING CRACK PER SRM 57-2-1.

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