Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
March 31, 2009
Submitted
May 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AL
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46106
Aircraft time
99,555 hours, 26,286 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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 CARGO COMPARTMENT BILGE LONGERON CRACKED AT STATION 1260.000 - 1280.000 LONGERON 36. REMOVED DAMAGED LONGERON SEGMENT. FABRICATED LONGERON SEGMENT EXTRUSION, SPLICE, AND DOUBLER. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-2-2 FIGURE 13 SHEETS 1-4 TR 53-191, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 53-4-1 FIGURE 43 SHEET 1 LETTER "N", SRM 51-2-0 FIGURE 50 SHEET 72B, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-11, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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