- Difficulty date
- January 14, 2003
- Submitted
- January 27, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N868UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 45968
- Aircraft time
- 74,695 hours, 25,599 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- 5751110503
- Part serial
- 45968
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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: C-2, FWD CARGO PIT FUSELAGE FRAME LOWER FLANGE CORRODED STA 500 L34L-L35R. REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 AND 53-4-1. FABRICATED -5 & -7 REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. FABRICATED SHIMS .080 7075-T6 (PO 395941.1) IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. ALODINED AND PRIMED SHIMS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED SHIMS, -5 &-7 REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D.