Service difficulty report · Fitting · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
October 11, 2006
Submitted
October 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N755UP
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
46055
Aircraft time
69,055 hours, 45,885 cycles
Part
Fitting
Part number
DC853B0095
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1690 L34r
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:C2 L34R AT STA 1690 HAS BULGE UNDER SPLICE END. REMOVED FASTENERS AT L34R STA 1690 UNDER SPLICE, NO CORROSION NOTED IAW SRM 51-1-21. FOUND SPLICE END CRACKED AT STA 1690 L34R. REMOVED AND REPLACED LONGERON SPLICE END AT STA 1690, L34R IAW SRM 51-20-00 51-1-20D.

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