Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
January 10, 2004
Submitted
February 9, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46090
Aircraft time
78,668 hours, 24,999 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
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

INSPECTION TYPE: C1, AFT PIT STA 1140 L35L SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D. LOCATED NEW FITTING AND DRILLED EXISTING FASTENER HOLES IAW DC8 SRM 51-3-2 AND 51-1-24. INSTALLED FITTING IAW DC8 SRM 51-1-20D.

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