Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
August 10, 2009
Submitted
September 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N41CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
46129
Aircraft time
86,195 hours, 23,304 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
86,195 hours, 23,304 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP FOUND FUSELAGE TAIL SEC FLOORBEAM UPPER FLANGE CRACKED AT STA 1540.000 LT BOTTOM LINE 39. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR. FABRICATED EXTRUSION REPAIR CHANNEL, FILLERS, AND SPACERS. CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM CHAPTER 51-2-1 FIGURE 1 TR 51-130, SRM 51-1-21 SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-3-0, AND SRM 51-3-1.

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