Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
July 21, 2005
Submitted
August 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
67,024 hours, 17,385 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT3D*
Part
Support Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap
Part time
67,024 hours, 17,385 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE "C" CHECK, CRACK 0.5220" LONG WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP AT FITTING LOCATED AROUND STATION XF 339.7232 OUTBOARD. LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP SUPPORT FITTING WAS REPAIRED IAW EWO ATI 57-024 AND EO ATI-071005. FAA FORM 8110-3 WAS ISSUED APPROVING THIS REPAIR.

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