Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 25, 2010
Submitted
September 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7539A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49993
Aircraft time
56,927 hours, 29,450 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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.

What was found

FORWARD CABIN - CRACK IN LONGERON 3 LEFT AT STATION 160. REMOVED CRACKED LONGERON 3 LEFT AND REPLACED WITH NEW LONGERON AND SPLICE. SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18.

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