- Difficulty date
- February 15, 2006
- Submitted
- February 20, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 83,105 hours, 30,019 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 56449721
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 1 Alt Tank
- 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" XRS 428.000 - XRS 463.000 S-38. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 57-1-0 PG 1, 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). REFER TO JC EA57100028-001-D (W.O. 600014687) FOR FITTING FABRICATION AND JC 8-28-11-024 FOR FUEL LEAK CHECK.