- Difficulty date
- March 29, 2006
- Submitted
- April 7, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N801DH
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46033
- Aircraft time
- 83,564 hours, 31,809 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 680 S7r
- Part time
- 83,564 hours, 31,809 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
L-7R SPLICE FITTING 1 INCH CRACK STA 680.000 L-7R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-23 9PLI WASHER) SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).
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