Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46112
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 69.500
Stage of operation
IN
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:C+S2 RW UPPER INBD AFT SKIN PANEL AT APPROX STA XCW 69.500 IS CRACKED. CUT ATTACHMENT ANGLE TO FWD END OF CRACK, BLENDED AREA OF CRACK IAW DC8 SRM 57-20-0 FIG 7 FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS, PERFORMED HFEC IAW MIL-STD-271F. FOUND NO CRACKS AFTER BLENDING. ALODINED AND PRIMED BLENDED AREA IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. FABRICATED ANGLE SPLICE IAW DC8 SRM 53- 20-0. ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED SPLICE IAW.

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