Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC863

Difficulty date
December 27, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826AX
Make and model
Doug DC863
Aircraft serial
46061
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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 826AX MOD, DISCOVERED STATION 1580 AT APPROXIMATELY LONGERON 8L, FROM STATION 25 TO AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, STATION 1580 AT CUSP AREA FRAMES OF .100 INCH THICKNESS OR LESS, HAVE NUMEROUS DRILLED HOLES, FRAME END IS CRACKED AND CORRODED. REPAIRED FUSELAGE FRAMES LESS THAN .080 INCH THICK AT STATIONS 25 TO AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD, STATION 1580 AT CUSP AREA, AND STATION 1580, LONGERON 8L, IAW ABX REA D853-12348MR.

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