What was found
CAC: LEFT COMPARTMENT AT APPROX LONGERON 38L FOUND LONGERON SPLICE CRACKED. COMPLIED WITH FEDEX E.A. 1-5310-106576, REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR PER GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- January 3, 2007
- Submitted
- January 3, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48470
- Aircraft time
- 52,666 hours, 10,859 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A6A71231
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 100
- 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.