- Difficulty date
- January 28, 2003
- Submitted
- February 24, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46117
- Aircraft time
- 79,572 hours, 25,333 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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: C3, L1 DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER CRACKED BY CUTOUT, MARKED. FOUND WITH NDT ON SKIN MAT ID -17 DOUBLER 7075-T6 .063 PO 3874552 -15 DOUBLER 7075-T6 .080 PO 3958421 FILLER 7075-T6 .050 PO 3924131 IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0. FAB DOUBLER TRIPER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15. ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED DOUBLER TRIPLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0.