Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · 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
Floorbeam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1440
Part time
71,621 hours, 17,096 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING C CHECK INSPECT, AFT CARGO COMPT BEAM FLOOR WEB CORRODED , STA 1440.000 RBL 45. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 FIG 1 (SHEET 2, 12), TR 51-130 DATED 01-26-04. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D. REMOVED CORROSION IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8 PG 17-18. FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 PG 2P. CUT OUT CORRODED SECTION, FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE, FILLER WEB, REPAIR DOUBLER, SPACER WEB IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 FIG 1 (SHEET 2, 12), DC8 SRM 53-7-2 FIG 9 ITEM B, DC8 SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50 (SHEET 71). CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-2-1 FIG 1 (SHEET 2, 12), DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-3-1 (TORQUE).

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