- 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
- Skin Panel
- 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 JAMB LOWER AFT CORNER CRACKED 1 EA MARKED FOUND WITH NDT. REMOVED FLOORBOARD INBOARD OF L1 DOOR FOM, CUT OUT CRACK AND FABBED DOUBLERS AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-25-0 TR 53-128 TR 53-155. ALODINED & PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D. INSTALLED FLOORBOARD IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-0, INSTALLED SEAL DEPRESSOR IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21.