SDR IXXA060570S

Service difficulty report · Frame Splice · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date: September 9, 2003
Submitted: July 28, 2006
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N829BX
Make and model: Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial: 45994
Aircraft time: 86,832 hours, 34,908 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame Splice
Condition: Corroded
Location: Zone 100
Part time: 86,832 hours, 34,908 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 FRAME SPLICE CORRODED AT STATION 245 BETWEEN LONGERONS 34 AND 35 LEFT. REMOVED CORRODED FRAME SPLICE, FABRICATED NEW FRAME SPLICE, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, TREATED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED NEW FRAME SPLICE IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0, AND TIMCO REPAIR ENGINEERING ORDER REO-G09471.

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