SDR FDEA201608283065

Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date: August 28, 2016
Submitted: August 30, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N396FE
Make and model: Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial: 46630
Aircraft time: 85,800 hours, 35,947 cycles
System (JASC): 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
Part: Tee Fitting
Part number: ACA70161
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

BS 595 BULKHEAD TEE CAP VERTICAL LEG AT LONGERON 43L HAS A 1.0 IN. CRACK. DAMAGED SECTION OF TEE CAP ON LT SIDE, STA 595 AT LONGERON 43L REPAIRED IAW EA 8-5310-T0327401 AND SRM 53-40-00, FIG 25, SHEET 1. SECTION OF TEE CHORD WAS R & R AT STA 595 BETWEEN LONGERON 39L AND 43L IN REF TO EA 8-5310-T0327401.

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