- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2002
- Submitted
- April 17, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N709UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45914
- Aircraft time
- 76,457 hours, 50,203 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 37558401
- Part serial
- 787473
- 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:C1 AFT PIT IN TORQUE BOX STA 1220-1228 BETWEEN LONG 33R TO 32R IS CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CORRODED ANGLE IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2D. FABBED SPLICE ANGLE IAW DC8 SRM 563-2-0, INSTALLED Z-ANGLES & SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2D.