Service difficulty report · Latch · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 4, 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
Latch
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargo Door
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, C-PIT CROSS SLIDE DOOR LOWER JUST AFT OF CENTER LATCH HOOK CRACKED. REMOVED FASTENERS IN WEB IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 & 51-3-0 FOR ACCESS. REMOVED CRACKED LATCH HOOK IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21. INSTALLED LATCH HOOK AND WEB IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21, 51-1-20D, AND 51-3-0.

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