- Difficulty date
- February 16, 2006
- Submitted
- February 20, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 83,105 hours, 30,019 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM562C
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Aft Cargo Bay
- 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 FITTING CRACKED 2 INCHES AT STA 1200.000 L-33R (MAJOR REPAIR). 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. TORQUED FASTENERS (HI-LOK) IAW SRM 51-3-1 PG. 2A.