Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 11, 2004
Submitted
April 13, 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
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
91,246 hours, 29,801 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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, CRACK DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT LT FUSELAGE STRUCTURE MAIN CARGO COMPARTMENT FLOORBEAM LOWER SIDE CRACK DAMAGE AT STA FS 980.000 LBL 40. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED REMOVED OF "T" ANGLE SEGMENT, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED "T" ANGLE SEGMENT AND SPLICES. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED "T" ANGLE SEGMENT AND SPLICES. APPLIED PRC SEALANT ON FAYING SUFACES. INSTALLED NEW "T" ANGLE SEGMENT AND SPLICES PER DOUGLAS STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL,

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