Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
September 15, 2006
Submitted
October 5, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45978
Aircraft time
88,788 hours, 35,270 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
88,788 hours, 35,270 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 A CRACKED LONGERON AT STATION 1776.000 LONGERON 17 RIGHT. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA, AND NEW LONGERON. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON (EXTRUSION P/N S1616757) IAW DC8 SRM 53-5-1 FIG 7 SHEET 1 PAGE 22 ITEM -B-, DC-8 SRM 51-2-0 FIG 50 SHEET 37, DC-8 SRM 51-1-21, DC-8 SRM 51-3-0, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-3-1 DC8 SRM 53-1-0, DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC-8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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