Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
February 5, 2011
Submitted
April 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45811
Aircraft time
91,517 hours, 39,480 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Part number
S2537716
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 800
Part time
91,517 hours, 39,480 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROUTINE C-CHECK INSP FOUND LOWER FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT FRAME CRACKED AT STA 200.000 BETWEEN LONGERON-32 RT AND LONGERON -33 RT. REMOVED FASTENERS AS NEEDED TO PERFORM REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA. R & R EXTRUSION FRAME SEGMENT. FABRICATED SPLICE AND ANGLE. PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT TO NEW SEGMENT. CLEANED, TREATED, PRIMED AREA AND REPAIR PARTS. INSTALLED NEW FASTENERS AND REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM CHAP 53-2-0, FIG 2, SRM 51-1-21, SRM 51-1-20D, SRM 53-2-0, FIGURE 2, SHEET 1,2,8 TR 53-110, SRM 53-4-1 FIG 40, SRM 51-2-0, FIG 50, DPS 4.710 REV "L", SRM 51-1-4, DPS 3.69-4 REV "AP", SRM 51-1-1 AND DPS 7.00-1 REV."BL", SRM 51-1-8B, SRM 51-1-20D AND SRM 51-3-1.

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