- Difficulty date
- November 16, 2005
- Submitted
- January 3, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46123
- Aircraft time
- 82,180 hours, 30,262 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 4751625U1
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 82,180 hours, 30,262 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
ITEM REF NR 033357: MAIN CARGO COMPT FITTING CRACKED 3.500 INCHES STA 680.000 L-11R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG.1. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D (HI LOK) SRM 51-1-23 (PLI WASHER), SRM 51-3-0 (NUT) SRM 51-3-1 PG. 2A (TORQUE).