Service difficulty report · Tail Cone · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
June 14, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441J
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
45988
Part
Tail Cone
Condition
Cracked
Location
Aft 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

TAIL CONE HAS CRACKS OF .5 AND 1.5 AT LONGERONS 7L AND 11L. REPAIRED CRACKS PER DC-8 SRM 53-2-0, FIG 1B, SHEET 3 AND 53-5-3, FIG 4, SHEETS 1 AND 2. CLEANED AND TREATED AREA PER DC-8 SRM 51-1-8.

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