Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 22, 2004
Submitted
March 22, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,246 hours, 29,801 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 A ROUTINE C-CHECK INSPECTION FOUND FLOORBEAM CORRODED AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT AT STA FS 1520.000. A MAJOR REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. REMOVED THE CORRODED AREA AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8 PG 17, 18 AND SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. FABRICATED FILLER ( AL 7075 T6 0.425) + REPAIR ANGLE (EXTENSION 7075 T6 511 0.150) IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 PG 1 SHEET. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, FILLER REPAIR ANGLE IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SURFACE IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-11 PG 9. INSTALLED FILLER REPAIR ANGLE WITH NEW FASTENERS IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 FIG 18-14 SHEET IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PG 1 DC8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 9.

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