Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 23, 2002
Submitted
December 18, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802NK
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53168
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FTW - FOUND AFT ACC AREA FRAME T-CAP AT AFT SHROUD OF APU HAS CORROSION AT STATION 1401, 27L-27R. INTERCOSTAL AT FS 1380 TO 1401 LBL 13 IS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL. FRAME AT 1394 IS CRACKED. FABRICATED NEW FRAME. REMOVED LOWER T-CAP. LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW LOWER T-CAP. FOUND CRACK ON RT LEG OF VERTICAL BEAM. REMOVED VERTICAL BEAM. LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW RT VERTICAL BEAM. INSTALLED T-CAP. INSTALLED VERTICAL BEAM. INSTALLED RT INTERCOSTAL.

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