What was found
LEFT WING TO FUSELAGE AT STA Y= 1491, LONGERON SPLICE FOUND CRACKED. LT 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)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 100
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.