Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 5, 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
Floorbeam
Condition
Worn
Location
Fuselage
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

MAIN CARGO COMPT FLOORBEAM UPPER FLANGE WORN, STA 798.000 LBL 38 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 04-27-05, EO AST050409 DATED 04-22-05. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW EO AST050409. PERFORMED NDT INSP IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE (EXTRUSION 7075T6 0.225) AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.180) IAW EO AST 050409. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO AST 050409, SRM 51-1-20D PG 21-9, TORQUED IAW SRM 51-3-1.

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