SDR IXXA09SMN045S

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 LEFT. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON. CLEANED, TREATED, AND PRIMED AREA. FABRICATED EXTRUSION LONGERON. INSTALLED REPAIR PART IAW SRM 53-5-3 FIGURE 5 SHEET 1 ITEM "B", SRM 53-1-0 PAGE 1, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-21, 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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