Service difficulty report · Door Frame · 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
Door Frame
Condition
Chafed
Location
Zone 100
Part time
81,719 hours, 90,946 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DISCREPANCY: DURING C-CHECK IN KDHN THE FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FS 322 CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED AT LONGERON 28. CORRECTIVE ACTION: COMMERCIAL JET IN KDHN REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION OF THE AREA. THEY FABRICATED A NEW REPAIR DOUBLER USING .050 THICK CLAD 2024-T3 ALUMINUM. DRILLED, TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED -003 DOUBLER, IAW EO 2020-1118 AND 8110-3.

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