Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 15, 2007
Submitted
December 17, 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
Cargo Door
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, FOUND FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT "B" DOOR OUTER SKIN HAS A CRACK, WEAR DAMAGE, AND SEVERAL DENTS AT STATION 480.000 TO STATION 560.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN. FABRICATED NEW SKIN. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW BOEING MESSAGE NUMBER 1-674365491-2 DATED 11-07-07, DC8 SRM 52-1-0 PAGE 1 AND SRM 51-1-21,SRM 52-4-1 FIGURE 3 ITEM "K", DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-21.

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