Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 8, 2001
Submitted
September 28, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46101
Aircraft time
85,527 hours, 23,692 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

INSPECTION TYPE:C2 R1 DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER HAS A CRACK INDICATION APPROX .500 IN LENGTH. PERFORMED HFEC IAW DC8 SRM 06-10-001. REMOVED DAMAGE IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. FABBED DOUBLER, TRIPLER & FLR IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. INSTALLED IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 & 51-1-20D.

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