Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 7, 2006
Submitted
July 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Aircraft time
87,097 hours, 37,016 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Part time
87,097 hours, 37,016 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 PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND RUNNING FUEL LEAK INBOARD OF NR 1 PYLON COMING FROM NUMBER ONE ALTERNATE FUEL TANK. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED PER BOEING ROD SKETCH 06-04-18-001 REF TIMCO GOODYEAR S/O 216006. OPS 27846 REPAIR APPROVED AS TEMPORARY REPAIR UNTIL DAMAGE TOLERANCE ASSESSMENT APPROVED FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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