Service difficulty report · Splice · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
October 22, 2003
Submitted
November 17, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48550
Aircraft time
37,744 hours, 6,773 cycles
Part
Splice
Part number
ADA8424517
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT - TRANSVERSE LONGITUDINAL SPLICE 46L AT STA 1119 HAS 1 EACH CRACK APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH IN LENGTH. CRACKED SPLICE AT FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT STA 1119, LONGERON 46L REMOVED AS PER SRM 51-33-01, VOL II AND REPLACED WITH NEW FABRICATED SPLICE AS PER DRAWING ADA 8424 AND SRM 51-33-01 VOL II.

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