Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
February 24, 2001
Submitted
February 27, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986Z
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47589
Aircraft time
65,219 hours, 68,710 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
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

THE BOTTOM AFT SIDE OF LONGERON 17L WAS CRACKED .125 INCH AT STA 965 AND FOUND EXISTING REPAIR HAD HI-LOKS TOO LONG. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON 17L FROM STA 965 TO 996 PER SRM 51 AND STANDARD PRACTICES FROM ORIGINAL SPLICE TO END FITTING, AND ADDED WASHER TO HI-LOK. CHECK-C 1-13-0 STL.

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