- Difficulty date
- September 16, 2002
- Submitted
- October 14, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N744UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45944
- Aircraft time
- 74,722 hours, 48,614 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, R-1 DOOR CORNER DOUBLER IS STEEL UPPER FWD. REMOVED STEEL DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 AND TRIMMED CRACK AREAS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FABBED FILLER AND 2 EA DOUBLERS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 A LODINED & PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8 INSTALLED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D A ND 51-1-21 PREFORMED HF-TEST TO LOCATE CRACKS