Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 6, 2006
Submitted
May 15, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N823BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46064
Aircraft time
88,960 hours, 36,512 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 440 S10-12r
Part time
88,960 hours, 36,512 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 INSPECTION CHECK WAS FOUND A CRACK ON FUSELAGE SKIN FWD SERVICE DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER STA 440 LONGERON 10 TO 12 RT. DAMAGED AREA WAS REMOVED AND REPAIR DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW EWO ATI 53-044 & SRM 53-2-0 FIGURE 14.

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