SDR 98FDEA00443

Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC1010

Difficulty date: January 13, 1998
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N365FE
Make and model: Doug DC1010
Aircraft serial: 46601
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 2092
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

N1088 STA-VCE: AFT FUSELAGE UPPER TAIL BODY AT STA Y 2092, FOUND 1 EA CRACK ON LONGERON NR 8, LT SIDE. (REF SRM VOL III, 53-17-01, PAGE 20, FIG 5 AND PAGE 1, FIG 1). REMOVED SHEAR CLIPS AND BRACKETS, CUT OUT SECTION OF CRACK. INSTALLED REPAIR LONGERON WITH SPLICES PER SRM 53-00-01 AND 53-10-00. REINSTALLED FASTENERS PER SRM 51-33-01. REINSTALLED SHEAR CLIPS AND BRACKETS PER SRM 51-30-00. (15 JUNE 1998).

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