- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2003
- Submitted
- September 10, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N801UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46101
- Aircraft time
- 86,511 hours, 24,429 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: C1, MAP OUT L1 UPPER FWD EXTERNAL DOUBLER FOR ENGINEERING MAPPED OUT DOUBLER, TRIPLER SIZE AND FASTENER PATTERN AND CHECKED THICKNESS .063 AND .080. CUT OUT CRACK IN SKIN IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15TR 53-155.FABBED -17 DBLR -15 TPLR AND FILLER IAW DC8 SRM 5-1-20D AND 53 -2-0 TR53-155. DRILLED NEW SPLICE P/N 5597646-99 TO FIT IAW DC8 SRM 5 1-1-24. INSTALL SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 & 51-3-0.