Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 10, 2007
Submitted
December 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604BX
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46046
Aircraft time
87,931 hours, 29,662 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
87,931 hours, 29,662 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION, EXTERNAL SKIN SHOWS CRACK AT STATION FS 1750.000 LONGERON 15 LEFT. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLER. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. NO CRACK NO CORROSION FOUND. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIGURE 7 SHEET 1 AND 4, SRM 53-5-3 FIGUE 1 ITEM "D", DC8 NDT SPM PART 08-00-02 TO 07, FORM SEMAN 242-4, DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-21, 51-1-20D, AND 51-3-1.

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