Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
January 25, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46065
Aircraft time
86,085 hours, 35,775 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
86,085 hours, 35,775 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 FOUND EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT STATION 45 LONGERON 28 LEFT IN AREA OF EXISTING REPAIR. PERFORMED HFEC TO VERIFY CRACK. VERIFIED, GAINED ACCESS, REMOVED FASTENERS, EXISTING DOUBLER, AND REMOVED DAMAGE. FABRICATED FILLER AND DOUBLER. TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AND FASTENERS IAW MD NDT SM 06-10-001-001, DC8 SRM 51-3-1, 51-1-21, 53-2-0, 51-1-8, AND 51-1-20D.

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