What was found
DURING AC P-F CONVERSION AT AERONAVALI A, 6 INCH CRACK FOUND AT Y=1386 ON P/N AEA0501-2 KEEL WEB UPPER SPLICE ONLY. REPAIR REQUIRES A STOP DRILL ON BOTH ENDS OF THE CRACK AND THE INSTALL OF A REPAIR DOUBLER AS PER FEDEX 8-5314-48005.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2000
- Submitted
- September 8, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N383FE
- Make and model
- Doug DC1010
- Aircraft serial
- 46616
- Aircraft time
- 70,844 hours, 27,876 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5314 · Fuselage Main, Keel
- Part
- Keelbeam
- Part number
- AE05012
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.