- Difficulty date
- June 5, 2003
- Submitted
- June 27, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N851UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46051
- Aircraft time
- 74,804 hours, 24,952 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT3D3
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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 LOWER FUSELAGE CENTER SECTION AT FS 1350 LONGERON 34L FUSELAGE SKIN IS CRACKED. REMOVED 2 EA EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLERS, TRIMMED OUT CRACK FS 1350 LONG 34L FABBED REPAIR DOUBLER COMBINING 2 EA EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLERS, FABBED SKIN FILLERS AND FINGER DOUBLER ALL IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7 ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER, S KIN FILLERS AND FINGER DOUBLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-1 FIG 7.