Service difficulty report · Pan · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
September 9, 2004
Submitted
October 4, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N772UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46072
Aircraft time
68,469 hours, 45,463 cycles
Part
Pan
Condition
Cracked
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
X
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, RADIOGRAPHIC (X-RAY) INSP DETECTED A CRACK ON THE FWD LEFT EMERGENCY OV OVERWING EXIT ON THE UPPER AFT JAMB CORNER APPROX .562 INCH IN LENGTH. NDT VERIFIED CRACK EXISTS IN INTERNAL DOOR PAN. TRIMMED EDGE OF INTERNAL DOOR PAN TO REMOVE CRACK. NDT VERIFIED NO CRACKS NOTED AT TRIM OUT. TRIM OUT FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 6.

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