Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 20, 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
Engine
Ge CFM562C
Part
Intercostal
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 CHECK, FOUND A CRACKED INTERCOSTAL FROM STATION 1140 TO STATION 1160 AT LONGERON 14 RT. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO REMOVE DAMAGED INTERCOSTAL. FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL AND FASTENERS FROM STATION 1140 TO STATION 1160 AT LONGERON 14 RT IAW SRM 53-2-0, 51-1-20, 51-1-21, 51-1-4, 51-1-5, AND 51-1-8.

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