Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 8, 2009
Submitted
September 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
90,696 hours, 25,082 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
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

LONGERON 33R CORRODED AT FUS. STA 55.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-3-3 FIG. 2 SHEET 1 PG 4 ITEM "F". REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. REMOVED LONGERON CORRODED SEGMENT IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON SEGMENT IAW SRM 53-3-3 FIG. 2 SHEET 1 PG 4 ITEM "F", SRM 51-2-0 FIG. 50 (SHEET 50) SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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