Service difficulty report · Splice · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 6, 2010
Submitted
August 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46123
Aircraft time
87,592 hours, 32,539 cycles
Part
Splice
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1140-1160
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 CARGO COMPT.- SPLICE FITTING CRACKED 6" (STA 1140.000 - 1160.000 L36) PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW JC EC-02172-001 W/O 9440. REMOVED SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 53-1-0 PG 1, SRM 51-1-20D. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA IAW SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW SPLICE FITTING IAW SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1.

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