Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 11, 2006
Submitted
September 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46106
Aircraft time
96,561 hours, 25,131 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
96,561 hours, 25,131 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 FOUND LONGERON 35 RT CRACKED BETWEEN STA 1340.000 AND STA 1350.000. REMOVED FASTENERS, REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON SEGMENT. FABRICATED NEW LONGERON EXTRUSION P/N 2753715/7075 T651. FABRICATED SPLICE FROM AL 7075 T651. PERFORMED NDT INSPECTION. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. APPLIED SEALANT TO FAYING SURFACES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS. IAW MFG MESSAGE 1-216533783-2 DATE 08-03-06, SRM 53-2-2 FIG. 4A, SRM 53-4-1 FIG. 43A SHEET 1 ITEM (N), SRM 51-2-0 FIG. 50 (SHEET 72B), DC-8 SRM 53-2-2 FIG. 10 TR NR 53-193, TR NR 53-153, NDT SPM PART 08-00-02 TO 07, SRM 53-2-2 PAGE 2 OF 2 FIG. 10 (SHEET 4), SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-11, SRM 51-1-20D, . SRM 51-1-20D, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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