Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC872

Difficulty date
December 29, 2005
Submitted
January 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722CX
Make and model
Doug DC872
Aircraft serial
46130
Aircraft time
71,621 hours, 17,096 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 255.000
Part time
71,621 hours, 17,096 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 INSP, FWD ACCY COMPT INTERNAL PART BETWEEN L-25L AND L-24L, AT STA 255.000 HAS FRAME CRACKED (1.5 INCH). PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG.74 (SHEET 1,3). REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-1-21. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. FABRICATED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.071) AND (02 EA) INTERNAL FINGER DOUBLER (ALCLAD 7075 T6 0.040”) IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG. 7 (SHEET 1,3), SRM 53-4-1 FIG. 5 ITEM B, SRM 51-9-0 FIG. 68A. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW SRM 51-1-11 PAGE 9. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-2-1 FIG. 7 (SHEET 1,3), SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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