Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 5, 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
Bulkhead
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 WEB CRACKED AT STATION -175 FORWARD BULKHEAD LOWER SECTION. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO REMOVE DAMAGED WEB. FABRICATED WEB, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED NEW WEB AND FASTENERS AT STATION -175 FORWARD BULKHEAD LOWER SECTION. IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21, 51-1-4, 51-1-5, AND 51-1-8.

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