What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C, DURING NDT OF ALL FASTENER HOLES COMMON TO SKIN CHANGE AT FWD ENTRY DOORWAY, CRACK FOUND IN FWD ENTRY DOOR UPPER HINGE LOWER FITTING. FITTING REPLACED IAW DRG 65-17684.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2003
- Submitted
- August 8, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N946UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 72725C
- Aircraft serial
- 19721
- Aircraft time
- 61,500 hours, 45,589 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Hinge Fitting
- Part number
- 509326
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Entry Door
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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