SDR UPS97824641

Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date: September 21, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N808UP
Make and model: Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial: 46008
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Corroded
Location: Bs 1240
Stage of operation: IN
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 DURING C CHECK INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION ON FRAME F/S 1240 ABOVE LONGERON 33RT. REMOVED CORRODED SECTION OF FRAME, FABRICATED NEW SECTION OF FRAME AND REPAIR SPLICES, DRILLED, TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED FRAME AND REPAIR SPLICES IAW DC8 SRM 53-2-0 FIG 2, 51-1-8, 51-1-21.

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