- 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
- Fitting
- Part number
- 5644972501
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Access Door
- 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
NR 1 ALT TANK (505B ACCESS DOOR) FITTING CRACKED 1 INCH XRS 428.000 - XRS 463.000 S-59 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 57-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED AND APPLIED YELLOW COATING TO AREA IAW SRM 51-1-12 PG 7-12. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-12. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-23 (PLI WASHER) SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE). REFER TO JC 8-28-11-024 FOR LEAK CHECK (FUEL).