What was found
CENTER CARGO: STA 5-113 TO STA 1541, LONGERON 49R FOUND WITH CRACKED SPLICE FITTING A5A7114-511. CRACKED LONGERON 49R SPLICE FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED PER SRM 51-33-01 VOLUME II. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- August 3, 2006
- Submitted
- August 3, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N592FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48550
- Aircraft time
- 47,275 hours, 8,897 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- 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.