Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
April 19, 2008
Submitted
November 18, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Aircraft time
88,878 hours, 38,040 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1580
Part time
88,878 hours, 38,040 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 MAIN CARGO COMPARTMENT FRAME FLANGE CRACKED AT STATION 1580.000 LONGERON 20 LEFT TO LONGERON 21 LEFT. REMOVED DAMAGED SEGMENT OF FRAME. FABRICATED SEGMENT OF FRAME, ANGLES. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT TO REPAIR PARTS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-0 FIGURE 2 SHEETS 1, 4 AND 6, SRM 53-4-1 FIGURE 51 ITEM "A", 53-2-0 FIGURE 2 SHEET 7, 8 TR NUMBER 53-110 DATED 11-10-00, 53-2-0 FIGURE 2 SHEET 5 TR NUMBER 53-125 DATED 08-31-01, SRM 51-1-1 PAGES 1, 13 AND 17, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-20, AND 51-3-1.

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