Service difficulty report · Bulkhead Strip · Doug DC1010F

Difficulty date
January 20, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Doug DC1010F
Aircraft serial
47805
Part
Bulkhead Strip
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1156
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

LT SIDE OF Y-1156 PRESS BULKHEAD, AFT FACE, ATTACHMENT STRIP IS CRACKED FROM UPPER EDGE DOWNWARD THROUGH 1ST ROW OF RIVETS TO SECOND ROW 1.4 LONG. ALSO, 1 SHEARED RIVET, FWD FACE ATTACHMENT STRIP IS CRACKED AT TOP ROW OF T-CAP TO STRIP ATTACH RIVETS. CRACK IS Y SHAPED LONG LEG 1.6 SHORT LEG 1. LONG LEG DISAPPEARS UNDER FITTING AT OUTBOARD END. BOTH CRACKS IN AREA OF LONGERON NR 40 ATTACH. *S/D* REMOVED DAMAGED ATTACH STRIP AND SPLICED IN NEW SECTION AS PER EA NR 8-5340-35200.

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