Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug DC982

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
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

STATION 1437 LONGERON 2 RIGHT HAS CRACK UNDER FRAME. REMOVED CRACKED PORTION OF LONGERON AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LONGERON AND LONGERON SPLICE AT STATION 1437 PER SRMS 53-02-00, 53-14-04, 51-60-00 AND AARD 53-00-00-05.

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