Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
June 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N853AX
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
46037
Part
Beam
Part number
577265833
Condition
Cracked
Location
Aft Press Blkhd
Component
Doug
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

AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AFT SIDE, HORIZONTAL BEAM HAS 3.5 CRACK ON LOWER FLANGE AND 1 CRACK ON UPPER FLANGE AT AIRCRAFT CENTERLINE, 24 ABOVE FRP. REPAIRED PER ABX REA D853-23406MR.

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