Service difficulty report · Mount · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 19, 2015
Submitted
November 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4149
Aircraft time
21,638 hours, 22,939 cycles
Part
Mount
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

MACHINED FITTING MOUNT FOR AFT CARGO DOOR FWD COUNTER BALANCE BELL CRANK IS CRACKED. C/W ET INSP ON MACHINED FITTING MOUNT FOR AFT CARGO DOOR, FWD COUNTER BALANCE BELL CRANK REF NDTM PT 1 51-00-06. DEFECT, CRACK, NOTED AND MARKED. RECEIVED NEW UPPER MAIN SILL FROM STOCK. MACHINED SUPPORT PLATE, PN 85237815 REMOVED REF SRM 51-40-15 X 744.00 COMMON TO CARGO DOOR UPPER SILL. INSTALLED SUPPORT PLATE, PN 85237815 REF SRM 51-40-15. REMOVED FRAME WEB, PN 85339583, REF SRM 51-42-05. INSTALLED FRAME WEB DOUBLER RD-1, DOUBLER RD-2, PACKER RD-3 AND PACKER PD-4 REF RD 8/4-53-7141, ISSUE 1. REMOVED DAMAGE AREA, REF GGAR-15-31549298. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA ON AFT CARGO DOOR FWD COUNTER BALANCE BELL CRANK FITTING MOUNT REF GGAR-15-31549298. C/W ET INSP ON CUT LINES. REWORKED AREA ON MACHINED FITTING MOUNT FOR AFT CARGO DOOR, FWD COUNTER BALANCE BELL CRANK AS MARKED REF NDTM PT.1 51-00-06. ET INSP REF NDTM 51-00-06, PT 1, UT THICK TEST REF NDTM PT.1, MIN THICKNESS MEASURES .135" IN BLENDED AREAS. ET INSP REF NDTM PT 1 51-00-06, NO DEFECTS NOTED IN 2 EA FABRICATED ANGLES. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLES RD-1 AND RD-2 REF RD 8/4-53-7141, ISSUE 1, PO:TX-0595 7075-T3.063". FABRICATED REPAIR PACKERS RD-3 AND RD-4 REF RD8/4-53-71-41, ISSUE 1, PO T21964-2024TC, 0.080". COMPLIED WITH RD 8/4-53-7141, ISSUE 1, STEPS 1-11. WEB PN 85339583, COMMON TO ACFT SKIN INSTALLED REF SRM 51-42-05.