Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 9, 2010
Submitted
May 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604BX
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46046
Aircraft time
90,739 hours, 30,862 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM562C
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Door
Part time
90,739 hours, 30,862 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 ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP, FOUND LT NLG AFT DOOR EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKED. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED CRACKED SKIN. FABRICATED NEW SKIN. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PART. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PART IAW SRM CHAPTER 52-5-1 FIG 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 52-1-0 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 52-5-1 FIGURE 1 ITEM "A", DPS 4.710 REV "L", SRM 51-1-4, DPS 3.69-5 REV "U", SRM 51-1-8B AND SRM 51-1-11.

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