Service difficulty report · Support Beam · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 9, 2004
Submitted
January 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45978
Aircraft time
85,823 hours, 34,028 cycles
Part
Support Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
85,823 hours, 34,028 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, FOUND EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR BEAM INBOARD CHORD CRACKED AT CENTER SECTION FROM STATION 1110.000 TO STATION 1140.000 AT STOP FITTING 7. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO REMOVE DAMAGED CHORD. FAB`D NEW CHORD, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED NEW CHORD AND FASTENERS FROM STATION 1110.000 TO STATION 1140.000 AT STOP FITTING 7 IAW DC8 SRM 52-1-0, 51-1-21, AND 51-1-8.

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