Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
November 20, 2001
Submitted
March 1, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N21CX
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45955
Aircraft time
69,635 hours, 17,928 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
69,635 hours, 17,928 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 FLOORBEAM LEFT HAND FRAME ATTACHMENT PLATES AND CLIPS AT FS 320 TO 480. ACCOMPLISHED REMOVAL OF DAMAGED PLATES AND CLIPS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW ATTACHMENT PLATES AND CLIPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL AND ENGINEERING ORDER EDP05-1 AND DRAWING NUMBER AE2443.

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