Service difficulty report · Splice · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
September 5, 2006
Submitted
November 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46125
Aircraft time
82,854 hours, 30,419 cycles
Part
Splice
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
82,854 hours, 30,419 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AFT ACCY COMPT AFT SPLICE FITTING 3" CRACK STA 1690.000 L-36. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-21. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1.

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