What was found
CENTER CARGO BAY, RT STA 1531 LONGERON 45 FOUND WITH HAIR LINE CRACK AS MARKED. LONGERON REMOVED IAW SRM 51-32-01. NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE REPAIR INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-10-01. [CLOSED]
- Difficulty date
- July 3, 2005
- Submitted
- July 6, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N575FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48500
- Aircraft time
- 47,823 hours, 9,702 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- 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.