What was found
CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT, BILGE AREA AT STA 1721 LONGERON SPLICE 50R FOUND CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW LONGERON SPLICE AS PER SRM 51-33-01.
- Difficulty date
- August 30, 2005
- Submitted
- August 31, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N597FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48596
- Aircraft time
- 44,493 hours, 6,626 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1721
- 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.