Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
June 16, 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
Part
Longeron
Condition
Corroded
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

AFT ACCESSORY COMPT L-30R CORRODED BETWEEN STA 1640.000 AND STA 1660.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-2 FIG 8. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. REMOVED CORROSION FROM L-30R (STA 1640.000 - 1660.000) IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. CUT OUT LONGERON DAMAGED SEGMENT IAW SRM 53-2-2 FIG 8. FABRICATED STRAPS IAW SRM 53-2-2 FIG 8. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA, STRAPS AND NEW LONGERON SEGMENT IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON AND STRAPS WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW SRM 53-2-2 FIG 8, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-1-21 PG 1, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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