What was found
CRACK IN LONGERON 3 LAFT AT STATION 160. REMOVED CRACKED SECTION AND INSTALLED NEW SECTION OF LONGERON 3 LEFT FROM STATIONS 150 TO 170 PER SRM 53-14-01 FIGURE 3. INSTALLED LONGERON SPLICE AT STATION 170 PER SRM 51-30-05.
- Difficulty date
- March 21, 2013
- Submitted
- March 22, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N954U
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49426
- Aircraft time
- 70,498 hours, 38,033 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
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