- Difficulty date
- June 12, 2002
- Submitted
- June 21, 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 R1 DOOR AFT DOOR JAMB CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE APPROX LENGTH .375 INCH LONG ON FUSELAGE SKIN. ROUTED OUT CRACK IN EXTERIOR SKIN VERIFIED CRACK REMOVAL IAW HFEC NDT SPM 06-16-01-001. FABBED FILLER DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 14. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER REPAIR IAW 5 3-2-0 FIG 14, 51-1-20C, 51-1-21 & 51-1-20D.