Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
January 22, 2009
Submitted
September 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612AX
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48290
Aircraft time
67,689 hours, 10,860 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1701-1721
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

BS 1701-1721, STR 38L-39L, THERE IS A CRACK ON THE INTERCOSTAL. CRACK WAS DRILLED OUT, INTERCOSTAL WAS REINFORCED WITH AN ANGLE AND INSTALLED IAW SRM VOL 1, 53-00-01, FIG 8. INSTALLED FASTENERS IAW SRM VOL 2, 51-35-01.

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