What was found
CRACK FOUND ON LONGERON 3 LEFT AT STATION 160. LENGTH OF CRACK WAS .025 INCH. REPLACED APPROXIMATELY A 22 INCH SECTION OF LONGERON FROM STATION 148 TO 170 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18.
- Difficulty date
- October 1, 2008
- Submitted
- October 29, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N570AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49352
- Aircraft time
- 69,155 hours, 30,709 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- 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.