Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
December 23, 2020
Submitted
December 31, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N196US
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47155
Aircraft time
81,719 hours, 90,946 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
L1 Door
Part time
81,719 hours, 90,946 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK AT KDHN A CRACK WAS FOUND ON L1 DOOR AFT BEAM NR 3. CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN STOP DRILLED CRACK AND VERIFIED BY NDT. THEY INSTALLED NEW REPAIR DOUBLER AND GUSSET FITTING ON L1 DOOR NR 3 BEAM AFT AREA, IAW DC9 SRM 52-05 FIGURE 85 SHEET 4.

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