Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 5, 2006
Submitted
April 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46033
Aircraft time
83,564 hours, 31,809 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1140
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

UPPER CARGO COMPT FRAME 6" CRACK STA 1140.000 L-8R TO L-9R. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 03-17-06, EO# AST060301 DATED 03-15-06. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW EO# AST060301. VISUALLY INSPECTED AREA, NO CRACK OR CORROSION FOUND. FAB`D 2 ANGLES (AL7075"0" 0.071") 2 FILLERS (AL7075T6 0.100") AND FILLER (AL7075T6511 0.180") IAW EO# AST060301, SRM 51-1-4 (FORMING). HEAT TREATED ANGLES FROM 7075"0" TO 7075T6 AND FILLER FROM 7075T6511 TO 7075T6 IAW SRM 51-1-1 PG 1-13-17. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW EO NR AST 060301, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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