Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 17, 2004
Submitted
March 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 INSPECTION, EXTERNAL FUSELAGE CRACKED .75 INCH FROM STA 1718.000 TO STA 1719.000. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 DRM 53-2-1 FIG 7. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 (SHEET3, 5). FABRICATED DOUBLER (AL 707576 0.63), FINGER DOUBLER (AL 707516 0.32), FILLER (AL 707516 0.050) IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 (SHEET 1, 3, 5). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FINGER DOUBLER FILLER AND DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, INSTALLED DOUBLER, FINGER DOUBLER AND FILLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 (SHEET 1, 3, 5) DC8 SRM 51-1-1 PG 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-200 PG 9, DC8 SRM 51-1-11 PAGE 9.

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