- Difficulty date
- July 12, 2007
- Submitted
- August 29, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46124
- Aircraft time
- 85,412 hours, 30,822 cycles
- Part
- Floor Panel
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 85,412 hours, 30,822 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
MAIN CARGO COMPT FLOOR PANEL NR 8 UPPER SKIN CORRODED (STA 8.000 - 70.000). REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. REMOVED CORRODED FLOOR PANEL SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21. FABRICATED NEW FLOOR PANEL SKIN (AL7075T6 0.090") AND CHANNEL (EXTRUSION S1059661) IAW SRM 57-7-3 PG 2A/2B. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED CHANNEL AND FLOOR PANEL SKIN IAW SRM 51-1-21.