- Difficulty date
- October 13, 2002
- Submitted
- October 25, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N798UP
- Make and model
- Doug DC871F
- Aircraft serial
- 45898
- Aircraft time
- 66,421 hours, 24,990 cycles
- Part
- Floorbeam
- 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-2 AFT ACCESSORY COMP AT STA 1660 FLOORBEAM ABOUT BL20 HAS CORROSION AND MISSING 4 EA ATTACHING BOLTS. REMOVED CORROSION IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-8, OUT OF LIMITS IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1F. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA & FABBED 1 EA FILLER & 2 EA REPAIR ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1B. INSTALLED FILLER AND REPAIR ANGLES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 1B.