Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2003
Submitted
June 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N840UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46140
Aircraft time
70,808 hours, 24,125 cycles
Part
Door Frame
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: C-2, L1 DOOR FRAME UPPER FWD CORNER CRACKED 4 EA MARKED FOUND WITH NDT. REMOVED CRACKED AREAS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15 AND TR 53-128. FABBED DOUBLER, TRIPLER AND FILLER IAW D8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15. ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8, INSTALLED DOUBLER, TRIPLER, & FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 AND 51-1-20D.

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