SDR IXXA09SMN044S

Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date: March 31, 2009
Submitted: April 30, 2009
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N605AL
Make and model: Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial: 46106
Aircraft time: 99,555 hours, 26,286 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron
Condition: Cracked
Location: Zone 200
Part time: 99,555 hours, 26,286 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 AFT FUSELAGE LONGERON CRACKED AT STATION 1786.000 LONGERON 17 RIGHT. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON. CLEANED, TREATED, AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED EXTRUSION LONGERON. INSTALLED REPAIR PART IAW DC8 SRM 53-5-3 FIGURE 5 SHEET 1 ITEM "B", DC8 SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-21, DC8 SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-2-0 FIGURE 50 SHEET 37, SRM 51-1-11, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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