SDR 97ZZZM580

Service difficulty report · Bulkhead Web · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
April 23, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27UA
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
45942
Part
Bulkhead Web
Condition
Cracked
Location
Aft Press Blkhd
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

DURING C-CHECK INSPECTION, ACCOMPLISHED VISUAL AND DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION OF THE AFT PRESS BULKHEAD WEB IAW S/B 53-73 REV 1. FOUND A CRACK ON RIGHT FORWARD SIDE OF THE APB WEB AT INBOARD SIDE OF VERTICAL STIFFENER ABOVE FASTENER ROW. ACCOMPLISHED TERMINATING ACTION BY REMOVING CRACK SECTION AND INSTALLED A DOUBLER IAW DOUGLAS DWG SR08530007. ALSO, DURING INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK AT LEFT FORWARD SIDE OF THE APB WEB AT BOTH SIDES OF THE STIFFENERS ABOVE FASTENERS. ACCOMPLISHED TERMINATING ACTION BY REMOVING CRACK SECTIONS AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW DOUG DWG SRO8530007.

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