Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
August 14, 2009
Submitted
August 25, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46044
Aircraft time
97,970 hours, 32,302 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Tee Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
97,970 hours, 32,302 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING INSP IAW AD2007-21-18 AND SB DC8-53A081 FOUND AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD TEE FITTING CRACKED AT LONGERON 9 RT TO LONGERON 10 RT. STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW SRM 53-2-5.

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