Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873

Difficulty date
June 6, 2007
Submitted
June 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
83,934 hours, 31,028 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Damaged
Part time
83,934 hours, 31,028 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FUS NOSE SECTION LONGERON HAS A MISDRILLED HOLE AT STA -32.000 L-17R (MAJOR REPAIR). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 06-04-07, DWG NR AD42-53-109 REV IR DATED 05-25-07. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED REINFORCEMENT (AL7075T6 511 0.063") IAW DWG NR AD42-53-109. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REINFORCEMENT IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED REINFORCEMENT IAW DWG NR AD42-53-109, SRM 51-1-11, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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