SDR VJ970065

Service difficulty report · Frame · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
February 11, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922VV
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47274
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 218
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

DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION AT AERO CORP IN LAKE CITY, FL, THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND, E/E COMPARTMENT FRAME AT STATIN 218 HAS A .5 INCH CRACK AT HI-LOCK FASTENER ABOVE L29R. CRACKED SECTION OF FRAME BLENDED NEW DOUBLER ANGLE 5 INCH BY 2 INCH FABRICATED FROM 7075-0 .050 INCH AND HEAT TREATED TO T6 CONDITION IAW DC-9 SRM 51-10-2A. NEW DOUBLER FABRICATED FROM 7075T6 .063. TWO DOUBLERS AND TWO SHIMS TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC-9 SRM 51-10-3 DOUBLERS AND SHIMS INSTALLED IAE EC-9 SRM 53-03 FIG 5. (M)

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