Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 23, 2005
Submitted
July 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N851UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46051
Aircraft time
75,626 hours, 25,638 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
C-4 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:C1 C-4 DOOR UPPER FWD CORNER HAS A STEEL DOUBLER REPAIR AND MUST BE REPLACED WITH AN APPROVED REPAIR. REMOVED DOUBLER AND FILLER, FOUND CRACK AT PREVIOUS CUT OUT, CUT OUT DAM AGED AREA, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 21 , 53-2-0 FIG 1D, AND DWG 5616674.

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