Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC872

Difficulty date
January 5, 2006
Submitted
February 17, 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
Bs 600-620 L33l
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-33L CRACKED, STA 600.000 - STA 620.000. REMOVED CORROSION FROM FWD CARGO COMPT INTERNAL SKIN (SAT 570.000 – 580.000, L-29R TO L-29R TO L-26R) IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 PAGES 17-18 (MATERIAL THICKNESS: 0.063”, BLENDOUT: 0.004, REMAINING THICKNESS: 0.059). FOUND WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1F SHEET 3. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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