Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
November 16, 2007
Submitted
December 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604BX
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46046
Aircraft time
87,931 hours, 29,662 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 600
Part time
87,931 hours, 29,662 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 RIGHT WING. NUMBER 4 STUB WING LEADING EDGE LOWER PART DOUBLER HAS A CRACK AT STATION XFS 529.000. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TP PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED CRACKED DOUBLER. FABRICATED EXTERNAL, INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT TO REPAIR PARTS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW 51-1-20D, 51-3-1 DC8 SRM 57-2-1A FIGURE 1, DC8 SRM 51-1-21, DC8 SRM 51-1-1 PAGES 1, 13, 17, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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