- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2011
- Submitted
- March 8, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N782NC
- Make and model
- Doug DC951
- Aircraft serial
- 48107
- Aircraft time
- 70,709 hours, 65,469 cycles
- Part
- Intercostal
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 617-636 Bl 0
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
MAIN CABIN BETWEEN STA 617 AND 636 BL-0 INTERCOSTAL CRACKED. REMOVED INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-30-2. REMOVED CRACK IAW SRM 53-01, FIG 1. HFEC INSP IAW NDT SPM 06-10-01. VERIFIED CRACK REMOVED. FABBED REPAIR ANGLE AND FILLER FROM .025 FILLER AND .032 ANGLE IAW 53-13-2, FIG 4 51-70-5, FIG 1 AND DWG 5910766. TREATED IAW SRM 51-10-3 AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2. INTERCOSTAL INSTALLED. REQ INSP COMPLETED.