What was found
CENTER CARGO - LT TUNNEL AREA LONGERON NR 40 SPLICE FITTING BETWEEN STA 5-113 AND STA 1541 SUSPECT CRACK. CENTER CARGO STA 5-113 AND STA 1541 LONGERON 40L CRACK SPLICE FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOL. II.
- Difficulty date
- February 7, 2004
- Submitted
- February 19, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N589FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48491
- Aircraft time
- 40,429 hours, 6,859 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A71141
- 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.