What was found
LONGERON 4L CRACKED AT STATION 160. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON AND INSTALLED NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE PER SRM 53-02-00.
- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2009
- Submitted
- April 29, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N438AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49456
- Aircraft time
- 69,027 hours, 31,809 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.