Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC872

Difficulty date
January 5, 2006
Submitted
April 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722CX
Make and model
Doug DC872
Aircraft serial
46130
Aircraft time
71,621 hours, 17,096 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
71,621 hours, 17,096 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 INSPECTION, FWD CARGO COMPT L-34L CRACKED BETWEEN STA 600.000 AND STA 620.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR. REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED LONGERON SEGMENT. FABRICATED SPLICES (02 EA) (EXTRUSION BAR 7075 T6 51) FABRICATED NEW LONGERON SEGMENT (EXTRUSION 7075 T6 51) PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT TO SPLICES (7075 T6 5 TO 7075 T6) IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-1 PAGES 1, 13, 17. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION IAW DC-8 NDT SPM PART 08-00-02- TO 07. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA + REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-2 PAGE 6 FIG 4A, DC-8 SRM 53-2-2 FIG 10, DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC-8 SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUED).

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