Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Doug DC873F
FAA SDR system
- Difficulty date
- June 4, 2003
- Submitted
- August 23, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46047
- Aircraft time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 89,636 hours, 28,948 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
LT MLG W/W FITTING ATTACHING LONGERON 24L AT STA. 940.000 WITH 5.000 CRACK IN IT. PERORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG.8. REMOVED DAMAGED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG.21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. CUT OUT NEW FITTING SRM 53-2-0 FIG.8. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG.9. INSTALLED FITTING AND (4 EA) SPLICE FITTING AND DOUBLER FITTING AND FILLER WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG.8, SRM 51-1-21 PG.9.