- Difficulty date
- April 4, 2002
- Submitted
- April 17, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N709UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45914
- Aircraft time
- 76,457 hours, 50,203 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- 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:C1 REMOVED STEEL DOUBLER FROM R1 DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER. REMOVED STEEL DOUBLER RAIN GUTTER UPPER DOOR STOP GILLINER ATTACH ANGLE AND WEB FABBED DOUBLERS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 14. REMOVED CRACK IAW DC 8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 14. ALODINED & PRIMED IAW 51-1-8. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D. REINSTALLED DOOR STOP GILLINER ATTACH ANGLE AND WEB IAW 51-1-21, 51-3-0. PLUGGED HOLES & REINSTALLED.