Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
November 18, 2004
Submitted
December 13, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45944
Aircraft time
75,722 hours, 49,419 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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: C3, LONGERON 16R CRACKED AT STA 1750 FRAME ATTACH FASTENERS. REMOVED END FITTING, ATTACH CLIP, AND LONGERON SECTION FROM STA 1750-1 TO 1760. FAB REPLACEMENT LONG SECTION FROM S1616757 EXTRUSION & 2 SPLICE STRAPS FROM SHT7075T6/.080 INSTALLED ALL PARTS & REPAIR SPLICE FITTING. ALL MAINT PER SRM 53-2-2 FIG 10, 53-5-3, 51-1-8, 51-1-20D, DWG 5644130, DPS4.707, NDT-SPM06-10-01.001.

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