Service difficulty report · Seat Track · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 22, 2011
Submitted
March 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N873SJ
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46091
Aircraft time
91,953 hours, 25,776 cycles
Part
Seat Track
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1590-1650
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.- NR 2 TRACK LUGS BROKEN (STA 1590.000 - 1650.000) PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-3, FIG 14, SHEET 1, PG 49-50. REMOVED FLOOR PANEL IAW SRM 51-3-0. REMOVED BROKEN TRACK SEGMENT & EXISTING SPLICES IAW SRM 51-3-0. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + EXISTING SPLICES IAW SRM 51-1-8B. FABRICATED NEW TRACK SEGMENT (PN S2772660) IAW SRM 53-2-3, FIG 14, SHEET 1 PG 49-50, SRM 51-2-0, FIG 50 SHEET 73, SRM 53-2-3 PG 35-36. INSTALLED NEW TRACK SEGMENT + REINSTALLED EXISTING SPLICES IAW SRM 53-2-3, FIG 14, SHEET 1 PG 49-50, SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE) REINSTALLED FLOOR PANEL IAW SRM 51-3-0, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE ) (INSP CRITERIA: METHOD: VISUAL, INITIAL / REPETITIVE INSP: NORMAL MX, REPLACEMENT: N/A IAW SRM 53-0-1, TR 53-206, PG 5) (TORQUE METER: SNAP ON, MODEL: TE-6FUA, SN: 18415).

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