- Difficulty date
- October 14, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC8F55
- Aircraft serial
- 45764
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 460
- Part time
- 55,626 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
FUSELAGE STATION 460 LONGERON 21R FRAME BENT AND FRAME CAP CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION OF FRAME. FABRICATED FRAME SPLICES IAW DC-8 SRM 53-2-0. TREATED AND PRIMED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-8 AND INSTALLED IAW DC-8 SRM 51-1-20D. REF: ZANTOP INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., ZIAA. (X)