- Difficulty date
- March 2, 2000
- Submitted
- April 14, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N804UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC873F
- Aircraft serial
- 46004
- Aircraft time
- 73,882 hours, 26,821 cycles
- Part
- Longeron
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE: C 123 LONGERON 27 RT AT FS 420 - 440 CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION FROM LONGERON AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED LONGERON 27 RT FS 410 - 450. FABRICATED NEW LONGERON IAW DC8 SRM 53-4-1. TRIMMED & DRILLED (2) LONGERON SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-2. ALODINED & PRIMED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8. INSTALLED LONGERON & SPLICED IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21D. RMVD & REINSTALLED SKIN TIES FS 420 FOR FOM IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-21D.