Service difficulty report · Fitting · Lkheed 10113851

Difficulty date
March 6, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783DL
Make and model
Lkheed 10113851
Aircraft serial
193A1009
Part
Fitting
Part number
1504420101
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1212
Stage of operation
IN
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

CRACK FOUND AT FS 1212, WL 174 O/B KEEL BEAM AFT LEG FITTING. AT REV A, AN UNIDENTIFIED BLEND TO THE OPPOSITE FLANGE WAS FOUND. THE BLEND MEASURES .75 INCH BY .3750 INCH BY .080 INCH DEEP. AT REV B, A PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED .0937 INCH LONG CRACK AND A SMALL AREA OF CORROSION WERE FOUND IN THE SAME VERTICAL FLANGE ABOVE. THE CRACK ELIMINATES VERTICALLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE VERTICAL FLANCE AT A LOCATION .3750 INCH FWD FROM THE AFT EDGE OF THE FITTING. THE CORROSION DAMAGE EXTENDS AFT FROM THE CRACK TO THE END OF THE FITTING AND DOWN FROM THE CRACK TIP TO THE VERTICAL FLANGE LOWER EDGE. REPAIRED PER ERA 273414-14.