- Difficulty date
- May 19, 2004
- Submitted
- May 29, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46123
- Aircraft time
- 79,338 hours, 29,421 cycles
- Part
- Clip
- Part number
- 4647424
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 2 Fuel Tank
- Part time
- 79,338 hours, 29,421 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
NR 2 MAIN TANK CLIP CRACK 2.000, STA XRS 22.750 S-1. REMOVED CRACKED CLIP IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 21. FABRICATED NEW CLIP (7075-T651) IAW EA 5740-018, DWG 4647424. HEAT TREATED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-1 PG 13-17. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW NDT SPM PART 08-00.02.07. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW CLIP AFTER COMPLYING WITH MSI57100020-001-D IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.