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

FWD CARGO COMPT FLOORBEAM WITH 0.250 CRACK IN IT, STA 200.000 LBL 32 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS. CUT OUT FLOORBEAM DAMAGED AREA. INSPECTED FOR CRACKS IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 6-10-01-001. FABRICATED 2EA ANGLE DOUBLER FWD/AFT (7075-T6 0.160), 2EA SPACER (7075-T6 0.142, 0.171), CLIPS 2EA (7075-T6 0.090), 2EA FILLER (7075-T6 0.071), SPACER AFT (7075-T6 0.071), 2EA SPLICE DOUBLER FWD/AFT (7075-T6 0.071), T-FILLER (7075-T6 0.125) IAW ED EDU80-7, DWG U80-R07. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND FABRICATED PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FABRICATED PARTS IAW ED EDU80-7, DWG U80-R07, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1.

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