Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
February 12, 2004
Submitted
May 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46003
Aircraft time
91,910 hours, 30,097 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,910 hours, 30,097 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

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK FOUND FUSELAGE NOSE FWD PASSENGER DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER HAS INTERIM REPAIR STATION 25.0001-9L. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0, PAGE 2-5. TR 53-182. REMOVED INTERIM REPAIR IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. MEASURED CRACK 5.250 INCH, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15 TR 53-182, CONTINUED REPAIR, TIN-LIT 04-00016. MARCH 05, 2004 AND TIN-LIT 04 00017H MARCH 08, 2004 WITH FORM 8110-3. REMOVED CRACKED SKIN IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15 FABRICATED DOUBLER, TRIPLER AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED FILLER & DOUBLER & TRIPLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15 SRM 51-1-20D, PAGE 9, SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1 SRM

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