- Difficulty date
- December 28, 2004
- Submitted
- February 1, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46047
- Aircraft time
- 91,189 hours, 29,520 cycles
- Part
- Channel
- Part number
- 577327557
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 91,189 hours, 29,520 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 CHANNEL CRACKED 1.000 STA 680.000 RBL 24. REMOVED CRACKED CHANNEL IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 1. FABRICATED NEW CHANNEL (AL7075-0-0.100) IAW DWG 5773275. HEAT TREATED IAW DACO DPS 7.00. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 08-00-02/07. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND NEW CHANNEL IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED NEW CHANNEL IAW SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.