Service difficulty report · Door · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
July 9, 2002
Submitted
December 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45978
Aircraft time
83,050 hours, 32,673 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Cracked
Location
Aft Passenger
Part time
83,050 hours, 32,673 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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, A CRACK WAS DETECTED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE AFT PASSENGER DOOR SKIN IN THE FORWARD LOWER CORNER BELOW AN EXISTING REPAIR AT FUSELAGE STATION 1640 LONGERON 22L. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED, REMOVAL OF EXISTING DOUBLER, REMOVAL OF DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF REPAIR FILLERS DOUBLERS AND TRIPLERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND ENGINEERING AUTHORITY 28276-5248-02-110.

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