Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
October 23, 2002
Submitted
November 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
77,211 hours, 28,726 cycles
Part
Longeron
Part number
S1616757
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
77,211 hours, 28,726 cycles
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

AFT OF PRESSURE DOME AREA, INTERIOR LONGERON 17 LT AT FS 1766.000 WITH 2 INCH CRACK IN IT PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM53-1-10. REMOVED DAMAGED LONGERON IAW SRM 51-1-21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON IAW SRM51-1-21 & SRM 51-1-20D.

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