- Difficulty date
- January 30, 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
- 3758497U2
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1180
- 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
AFT CARGO COMPT BILGE FITTING CRACKED 0.500 INCH AT STA 1180.000 L-35R. 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 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).