Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 10, 2023
Submitted
January 16, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N837US
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53257
Aircraft time
75,266 hours, 55,993 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1003-1050
Part time
75,266 hours, 55,993 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

WHILE AT C-CHECK, THE AFT CARGO BILGE AREA BETWEEN BS 1003-1050 AT LONGERON 30 WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND THE AREA TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. THEY TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGED AREA AND PERFORMED A HFEC SURFACE TRIM PROBE INSPECTION OF ALL THE TRIMMED AREA AND ACCOMPLISHED A HFEC OPEN HOLE INSPECTION OF ALL THE OPEN FASTENER HOLES COMMON TO THE REPAIR. NO CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED. FABRICATED A REPAIR SECTION FOR LONGERON, A SPLICE ANGLE, 2 SPLICE STRAPS AND A FILLER. REPAIR PARTS WERE DRILLED, DEBURRED, TREATED AND PRIMED IAW SRM 51-10-03. ALL REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED WET AND CORROSION INHIBITING COMPOUND WAS APPLIED TO THE REPAIR AREA IAW AEI EO 18918. EO 18918.

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