Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
February 2, 2007
Submitted
February 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46076
Aircraft time
86,868 hours, 31,939 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
86,868 hours, 31,939 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 ACCY COMPT FLOORBEAM SHOWS CRACK 5" AT STA 1700.000 BL 0 (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 01-30-07, DWG NR AC62-53-102, REV IR DATE 01-15-07. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-3-0. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION IAW DWG AC62-53-102. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC8 NDT SPM PART 06-10-01-001. NO CRACK OR CORROSION FOUND AFTER CUT OUT. ENCLOSED SMN FORM 242-2. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE (AL7075T6 51 0.080") FILLER (AL7075T6 0.071") AND SHIM (AL7075T6 0.154") IAW DWG AC62-53-102. TAPERED SHIM ENDS FROM 0.154" TO 0.071" IAW DWG AC62-53-102. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED PART

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