Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
December 3, 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 1580
Part time
82,180 hours, 30,262 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

MAIN CARGO COMPT FRAME CRACKED 0.250" STA 1580.000 L-20 - L-21R. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED FRAME SEGMENT, FABRICATED NEW FRAME SEGMENT IAW SRM. TWO ANGLES IAW SRM. HEAT TREATED NEW FRAME SEGMENT AND ANGLES FROM 70750 TO 7075T6 IAW SRM 53-2-0. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 4-6, SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2 SHEET 5 (TR 53-125).

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