Service difficulty report · Floorbeam · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
July 13, 2005
Submitted
August 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46007
Aircraft time
75,049 hours, 28,670 cycles
Part
Floorbeam
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

F/S 960 LBL 60 FLOORBEAM AT LIGHTING HOLE ON VERT FLANGE AT CENTER OF HOLE HAS A 5" CRACK GOING AT HORIZ ANGLE. STOP DRILLED CRACKED FLOORBEAM, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED 2. REPAIR ANGLES IAW SAA SK 807-858978 AND UPS EODC8-53-20486.

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