Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
August 22, 2002
Submitted
September 6, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46048
Aircraft time
71,399 hours, 47,562 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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 LT WING L/E LOWER SKIN IS CRACKED AT XFS 347.75. STOP DRILLED CRACK, NDT VERIFIED CRACK TERMINATED AT STOP DRILL, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW EO DC8-5720-4087 APPROX C.

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