Service difficulty report · Fitting · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 14, 2008
Submitted
March 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45813
Aircraft time
92,877 hours, 38,753 cycles
Part
Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
92,877 hours, 38,753 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 MAIN CARGO INTERCOSTAL END CLIP CRACKED AT STATION 857.000 LONGERON 18 RIGHT. REMOVED CRACKED INTERCOSTAL END CLIP. FABRICATED INTERCOSTAL END CLIP. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND INTERCOSTAL END CLIP. INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL END CLIP IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21, ATI REPAIR SPECIFICATION NUMBER 2003-05, DC8 SRM 51-1-1 PAGES 1, 13 AND 17, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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