- Difficulty date
- February 26, 2000
- Submitted
- July 23, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46146
- Aircraft time
- 81,346 hours, 23,634 cycles
- Part
- Seat Track
- Part number
- 5889588
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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 A MAINTENANCE VISIT FOUND CORROSION DAMAGE TO MAIN DECK SEAT TRACK BETWEEN STA'S 70 TO 310 LONGERON LBL 45, DAMAGE EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS IAW DC-8 SRM. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF SEAT TRACK AT STA'S 70 TO 310 LONGERON LBL 45 IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 FABRICATED SEAT TRACK SECTIONS AND INSTALLED IAW DC-8 SRM 53-7-3 DAC DWG 5889588 FIG 3B.