Service difficulty report · Bracket · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
April 19, 2011
Submitted
April 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48102
Aircraft time
72,571 hours, 67,115 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1258
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

AFT ACC COMPT FS1258 CTR, VERTICAL BRACKET IS CRACKED. LOWER RT SIDE RADIUS GAINED ACCESS. STOP DRILLED CRACK. NDT VERIFIED CRACK CONTAINMENT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED 2 EA REPAIR ANGLES FROM.032 7075T6. RESTORED AREA. IAW SRM 51-30-1, 51-30-5, 53-01, FIG 2 53-13-4, FIG 3, 51-10-3 NDT SPM06-10-001. P125 REQUIRED INSP COMPLETED.

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