Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 29, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46125
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 69.5
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, LARGE CRACK INDICATION FOUND IN HOLE A RT WING LOWER AFT SKIN FASTENER HOLES STA XCW 69.5 RUNNING AFT. NOTE: HOLE PREVIOUSLY OVERSIZED TO SECOND OVERSIZE. TRIMMED OUT CRACKED AREA OF SKIN AND FABRICATED REPAIR FILLER IAW DOUGLAS DWG NR SR08570004, SHEETS 2 AND 3. INSTALLED REPAIR PER DOUGLAS DWG NR SR08570004 AND SRM 51-3-0 AND DOUGLAS FAX 333497/333509 DATED 5/30/97.

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