Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 13, 2007
Submitted
August 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46124
Aircraft time
85,412 hours, 30,822 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 230
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

PERFORMED DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF REPAIR AND FOUND IT TO BE NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW FAA FORM 8110-3 DATED 08-13-07, ASTAR EVA D853-00013-001-D REV IR DATED 08-08-07. REMOVED NON STANDARD REPAIR IAW SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. VISUALLY INSPECTED L-23L AND FOUND 3/4 INCH CRACK. CUT OUT LONGERON DAMAGED SEGMENT P/N 2704877 AND FABRICATED NEW SEGMENT (EXTRUSION 7075T651, P/N S264145ST) AND SPLICES P/N 2641454 IAW SRM 53-4-0 FIG 28 SHEET 1 ITEM "J" SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50 (SHEET 70), SRM 53-2-2 FIG 10, TR NR 53-153 DATED 12-10-02. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER (AL7075T6 0.090") AND FILLER (AL7075T6 0.080") IAW ASTAR EVA D853-00013, DWG ASTAR ES D853-00013-001-D. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTI

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