- Difficulty date
- July 5, 2005
- Submitted
- July 27, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46007
- Aircraft time
- 75,049 hours, 28,670 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Service 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, LT AFT SERVICE DOOR AFT UPPER CORNER HAS CRACK APPROX 3/8 EMITTING FROM FASTNER. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 53-02-0 FABRICATED FILLER DOUBLER AND TRIPLER IAW DC8 SRM 53-02-0 FIG 18, AND SRM 53-04-00 INSTALLED FILLER DOUBLER AND TRIPLER AT LT AFT SERVICE DOOR AFT UPPER CORNER IAW SRM 53-02-0 FIG 18