Service difficulty report · Web · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 2, 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
Web
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

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROUTINE C CHECK, FOUND A CRACKED WEB AT EXTERNAL FUSELAGE STATION 778.5 BETWEEN LONGERON 33 RIGHT AND 35 RIGHT. REMOVED HYDRAULIC LINES FOR ACCESS. REMOVED ACCESS PANEL. REMOVED DAMAGE. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED NEW REPAIR PARTS AND FASTENERS AT STATION 786.5 BETWEEN +X6 AND +X44. INSTALLED ACCESS PANEL, AND HYDRAULIC LINES, AND LEAK CHECKED IAW DC8 MM 20-12-0, 20-16-0, 29-00-00 DC8 SRM 53-2-0, 53-8-1, 51-1-4, 51-1-5, AND 51-1-8.

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