Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC872F

Difficulty date
June 16, 2008
Submitted
August 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721CX
Make and model
Doug DC872F
Aircraft serial
46013
Aircraft time
84,734 hours, 21,534 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1606-1604
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

DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND AFT FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN HAS A CRACK AT STATION 1606.000-1604.000 LONGERON 10RT. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER, INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLER, AND FILLER. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 7 SHEET 1, 3 AND 5 SRM 53-5-2 FIGURE 1 ITEM "D", DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-11, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, AND SRM 51-3-1. (S)

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