Service difficulty report · Doubler · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2005
Submitted
May 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Aircraft time
86,990 hours, 26,973 cycles
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
Heat Exchanger
Part time
86,990 hours, 26,973 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

LT PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER; AFT LWR CORNER MODIFICATION DOUBLER WITH 0.75 CRACK IN IT, STA 12.000 L-27L (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 04-16-05, EO AST050401 DATED 04-12-05. REMOVED ALL FASTENERS WITHIN THE REPAIR AREA. PERFORMED STOP HOLE AT END OF CRACK IAW EO AST050401. NDT INSPECTED AREA IAW NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL2024T3 0.050) AND REPAIR TRIPLER (AL2024T3 0.050) IAW EO AST050401. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO AST 050401, SRM 51-3-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D PG 9. TORQUED NUTS IAW SRM 51-3-1.

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