Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
June 23, 2006
Submitted
July 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N41CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
46129
Aircraft time
80,233 hours, 21,696 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
80,233 hours, 21,696 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C CHECK INSPECTION FOUND AFT FUSELAGE LONGERON 17 LEFT CRACKED ½ INCH AT STATION 1620.000. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR IAW DC8 SRM 53-5-2 FIGURE 5, SHEET 1. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON IAW DC8 SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D. FABRICATED NEW LONGERON, AND SPLICES, LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, AND NEW LONGERON IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8B. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON EXTRUSION P/N 51616757, AND SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 53-5-2 FIG 5, SHEET 1 ITEM B, DC8 SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50, SHEET 37, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, DC8 SRM 51-3-0, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-3-1.

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