What was found
LONGERON 3 LEFT CRACKED AT FRAME 160. INSTALLED NEW LONGERON 3 LEFT AND PRE-EXISTING SPLICE DOUBLER FROM STATIONS 148 TO 178 PER SRM 53-02-00 FIGURE 18 AND E.A. MD80-53-024548.
- Difficulty date
- June 23, 2012
- Submitted
- June 26, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N485AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49678
- Aircraft time
- 68,706 hours, 35,803 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- 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.