Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 27, 2003
Submitted
August 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46047
Aircraft time
89,636 hours, 28,948 cycles
System (JASC)
5751 · Ailerons
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
57630902
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Aileron
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

RT INBD AILERON INBD SUPPORT FITTING ASSY AT STA. XA.448.000 WITH 1.000 CRACK IN IT. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG.1, SRM 51-1-20D PG.9,21. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG.21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG.9.

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