Service difficulty report · Door Frame · 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
Door Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
L1 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: C3, L1 DOOR HAS A CRACK ON THE LOWER FWD DOOR JAMB STARTING FROM THE EDGE AND TERMINATES AT THE FASTENER HOLE. CUT OUT CRACK ON FWD LOWER CORNER OF L1 DOOR JAMB OUTER SKIN AND INTERNAL DOUBLER. NDT VERIFIED NO CRACKS NOTED AT CUT OUTS. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER, TRIPLER, AND FILLER. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 15.

More about the Doug DC-8-71F