Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
December 4, 2005
Submitted
January 3, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
82,180 hours, 30,262 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 320
Part time
82,180 hours, 30,262 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

MAIN CARGO COMPT FRAME CRACKED 0.500" STA 320.000 L-20L TO L-21L. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED FRAME SEGMENT IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 2. PREPARED NEW FRAME SEGMENT, HEAT TREATED FROM 7075T651 TO 7075-0, FORMED AND HEAT TREATED FROM 7075-0 TO 7075T651 IAW SRM. FABRICATED SPLICE ANGLE IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 7, TR 53-110, SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 2. HEAT TREATED SPLICE AND ANGLE 7075-0 TO 7075T62 IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 6, SRM 51-1-1, DPS 7.00 1 REV "BK". CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 2-6, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1, SRM 51-3-2.

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