What was found
RIGHT WING TO FUSELAGE AT STA Y= 1491, LONGERON SPLICE FOUND CRACKED. RT WING TO FUSELAGE AT STA Y= 1491, CRACKED LONGERON SPLICE. REMOVED AND NEW SPLICE INSTALLED AS PER SRM 53-10-00 VOL 1 FIG 2
- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2004
- Submitted
- March 24, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48470
- Aircraft time
- 43,179 hours, 8,728 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5713 · Wing, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Wing To 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.