Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 6, 2005
Submitted
October 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46002
Aircraft time
87,034 hours, 26,899 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1270-1280
Part time
87,034 hours, 26,899 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

AFT CARGO COMPT L-36 CRACKED 7 INCHES BETWEEN STA 1270 & 1280. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS, CUT OUT CRACKED LONGERON SEGMENT, PERFORMED NDT INSP OF WORK AREA IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. NO CRACK NEITHER CORROSION FOUND. FABRICATED NEW LONGERON SEGMENT. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION OF THE NEW LONGERON SEGMENT. FABRICATED SPLICE AND DOUBLER. 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 53-2-2 FIG 13, TR 53-191, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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