Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
February 23, 2007
Submitted
April 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
70,003 hours, 17,984 cycles
Part
Longeron
Part number
2753715
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
70,003 hours, 17,984 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 CARGO COMPARTMENT, LONGERON-36 CRACKED AT STATION 1100.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON SEGMENT. FABRICATED NEW SEGMENT OF LONGERON AND EXTERNAL DOUBLER. INSTALLED NEW REPAIR PARTS IAW FORM 8100-9 DATED 03/15/2007, BOEING MESSAGE NUMBER 1-296019761-5 DATED 03/15/2007, DC8 SRM 53-2-2 FIGURE 13 TR NUMBER 53-191, DATED 10/15/2003, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, BOEING MESSAGE NUMBER 1-296019761-5 (SKETCH JCTO4049 FIGURE 1AND 2), SEMAN DRAWING ED-4470, AND DC8 SRM 53-4-1 FIGURE 44B SHEET 1 ITEM "R", DC8 SRM 51-2-0 FIGURE 50 SHEET 72B.

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