Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 14, 2008
Submitted
April 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45813
Aircraft time
92,877 hours, 38,753 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
S2537716
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

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 FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT FRAME LOWER FLANGE CRACKED AT STATION 480.000 LONGERON 34 RIGHT. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. FABRICATED NEW FRAME SEGMENT, SPLICES, ANGLES. HEAT TREATED EXTRUSION FRAME SEGMENT. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D, DC8 SRM 51-3-1, DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIGURE 2 SHEET 1, 2, 6, DC8 SRM 53-4-1 FIGURE 40 SHEET 14-15, DC8 SRM 51-2-0 FIGURE 50 SHEET 49A, DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIGURE 2 SHEET 7-8, T/R NR 53-110 DATED 11-10-00, DC8 SRM 51-1-1 PAGE 1, 13, 17, AND DC8 SRM 51-1-8B.

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