Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 28, 2002
Submitted
June 12, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46073
Aircraft time
78,333 hours, 24,523 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 R2 DOOR UPPER AFT DOOR JAMB CORNER CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN LENGTH APPROX .25 TO .3125 INCH LONG. FOUND BY EDDY CURRENT. REPAIRED DOOR JAMB IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 16.

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