Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
February 5, 2004
Submitted
February 13, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
84,257 hours, 26,080 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
84,257 hours, 26,080 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

MAIN CARGO COMPT FLOORBEAM CRACKED 0.250 AT STA 180.000 LBL 32. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA ON FLOORBEAM. INSPECTED FOR CRACKS. NO CRACK FOUND. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED ANGLE DOUBLERS 2EA (7075-T6AL 0.160), -T- FILLER (7075-T6AL 0.125), FILLER (7075-T6AL 0.071), SPLICE DOUBLERS 2EA (7075-T6AL 0.071), SPACER (7075-T6AL 0.142), CLIP (7075-T6AL 0.090), SPACER (7075-T6AL 0.071) IAW ED EDU80-6, DWG U80-R06. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PARTS. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS ON FLOORBEAM AT STA 180.000 LBL 32 WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW ED EDU80-6, DWG U80-R06, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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