Service difficulty report · Beam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 11, 2005
Submitted
October 22, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46003
Aircraft time
94,807 hours, 30,875 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 50
Part time
94,807 hours, 30,875 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 INSPECTION, FWD ACCY CMPT BEAM CORRODED AT STA 50, RBL 4. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS. REMOVED CORROSION, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED CORRODED AREA. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC-8 NDT SPM, PART 06-10-01-001. NO CRACK CORROSION FOUND. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE, FILLER (EXTRUSION PN S132S214/7075T6511) IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 FIG 1 (SHEET 7, 12), DC8 SRM 53-7-3 FIG 6 SHEET 1, ITEM S DC8 SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50 (SHEET 73). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11 PAGE 9. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D PG 9, DC8 SRM 51-1-21 PAGE 1. TORQUED IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-1, DC8 SRM 51-2-1.

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