Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 21, 2007
Submitted
May 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N828BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45993
Aircraft time
86,484 hours, 35,828 cycles
Part
Longeron
Part number
S1616757
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1766-1794
Part time
86,484 hours, 35,828 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 FUSELAGE TAIL SECTION LONGERON 17 LEFT HAND, WITH A CRACK AT STATION 1766.000 TO STATION 1794.000. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON IAW DC8 SRM 53-5-1 PAGE 22 FIGURE 7 SHEET 1 ITEM "B", DC8 SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, DC8 SRM 51-2-0 PAGE 39 FIGURE 50 SHEET 37, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, AND DC8 SRM 51-3-1.

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