- Difficulty date
- February 1, 2006
- Submitted
- February 14, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 83,105 hours, 30,019 cycles
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 3779659U501
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 857
- Part time
- 83,105 hours, 30,019 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 LONGERON SPLICE FITTING CRACKED 1 INCH STA 857.125 L-3L (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED BATHTUB FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACE IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED NEW BATHTUB FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-23 (PLI WASHER) SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).