Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
July 25, 2001
Submitted
October 24, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N31CX
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45911
Aircraft time
73,325 hours, 28,844 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
73,325 hours, 28,844 cycles
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

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS DETECTED ON THE FLOOR BEAM AT FUSELAGE STATION 879, LBL-61. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL OF DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF A BEAM FILLER AND REPAIR SPLICE ANGLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND ENGINEERING ORDER 51-DC8-1809.

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