Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2004
Submitted
June 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N830BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45973
Aircraft time
75,918 hours, 30,152 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
75,918 hours, 30,152 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 A ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP CRACK WAS FOUND IN LT FUSE NOSE SECTION HOLD OPEN HOOK COMPT BETWN STA FS 8.00 TO FS 17.0, L-15L TO L-16L. REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED. FASTENERS WITHIN REPAIR AREA, INCLUDING DAMAGED SKIN WERE REMOVED. PERFORMED A NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER, TWO FINGER DOUBLERS AND A FILLER IAW DRAWING V82-R03. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED THE REPAIR DOUBLER, FILLER AND FINGER DOUBLERS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-11 PG 1. INSTALLED THE REPAIR DOUBLER, FINGER DOUBLERS AND FILLERS ON FWD PASSENGER DOOR BUMPER SKIN AREA USING NEW FASTENERS IAW DWG V82-R03, DC8 SRM 51-1-21 AND 51-3-0 PG 1.

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